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Leadership & Policy

Study: Pay for Public College Presidents Up 5.3 Percent

Presidents of U.S. public colleges and universities saw their earnings climb by 5.3 percent last year, with several of them topping $1 million, according to an annual survey. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s study of more than 150 college presidents found that their average annual pay increased in fiscal year 2016 to $501,000. Among the […]

Yale Sues Connecticut Over Gender-neutral Restrooms

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University is suing Connecticut over its plan to turn single-user restrooms into gender-neutral bathrooms at its law school. The New Haven Register reports the state building inspector’s office previously denied the school’s request for an exemption from the state building code requiring that a certain number of bathrooms in every […]

Leadership & Policy

Board Eschews Search, Names John Miller Williston State President

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has named John Miller president at Williston State University. Miller has been acting president at the school since June 2016, when Ray Nadolny abruptly walked away from the job after originally planning to stay through the 2017 school year. Miller came to Williston State in […]

Campus ‘Free Speech’ Bill Struck Down by Louisiana Governor

BATON ROUGE, La. — A proposal aimed at protecting controversial speakers’ appearances at Louisiana colleges and calling on campuses to penalize students who disrupt them has been vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, who described the bill as a “solution in search of a problem.” In a veto letter released Tuesday, the Democratic governor wrote […]

Panel: New Jersey Colleges Offered Plan to Stem Sex Assaults

TRENTON, N.J. — Colleges need to gather data about sexual violence at their schools, set up clear reporting procedures and establish investigation models if they are to address high rates of on-campus assaults, a New Jersey task force said in a Monday report. Republican Gov. Chris Christie and the state Legislature formed the Task Force […]

Faculty & Staff

Adjunct Who Posted About N. Korea Detainee Won’t Be Rehired

WILMINGTON, Del. — The University of Delaware won’t rehire a professor who said a college student who died after being held by North Korea “got exactly what he deserved.” In a statement Sunday, the university said that the adjunct faculty member, Katherine Dettwyler, will not be rehired. She had last taught a course in the […]

Iowa Program Aims to Inspire Minority Teachers

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — A diverse group of high school students have spent a week living on a college campus in Iowa to learn what it’s like to be an educator. Fifteen students participated in the week-long Minority Educators for Today and Tomorrow academy hosted by the University of Northern Iowa, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier […]

Baylor: NCAA Investigation ‘Ongoing, Pending’

AUSTIN, Texas — The NCAA is conducting an “ongoing, pending investigation” into Baylor University in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that led to the firing of football coach Art Briles and the departure of the school president, the school’s lawyers confirmed in a federal court filing. Baylor officials acknowledged the investigation while asking […]

Promised College Loan Forgiveness, Borrowers Wait and Wait

BOSTON — Danielle Ramos’ student-debt nightmare was supposed to be over. Like thousands of others who studied at failed for-profit colleges, she was promised by the U.S. Education Department under President Barack Obama that her federal loans would be forgiven by now. But as the weeks tick by with no reprieve, the 30-year-old college student […]

Mystery of Missing Chinese Scholar Shakes Up University of Illinois

CHICAGO — Yingying Zhang, the daughter of a working-class factory driver from China, took the same career path as many other young Chinese academics before her: She travelled to a university in the U.S. with dreams of one day landing a professorship and being able to help her parents financially. But just weeks after arriving […]

Leadership & Policy

Akinleye Named New Chancellor at N.C. Central University

DURHAM, N.C. — Johnson O. Akinleye has been elected the new chancellor at N.C. Central University, where he has served as interim chancellor since January. Akinleye was elected to the position during a special meeting of the UNC Board of Governors on Monday. He was named acting chancellor in August 2016 when then-chancellor Debra Saunders-White […]

Homeless College Students a Growing Concern on Campuses

DETROIT — Jennifer Carr knows she’s not the profile of a typical college student. The Detroit-area woman is 37 and has battled alcohol and heroin addiction. She’s also been homeless in the past and even now is categorized as someone who is precariously housed. Carr’s story is not unusual. Studies suggest thousands of students at […]

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