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Leadership & Policy
University of the District of Columbia: truncated, but still alive – huge cuts proposed to save the university
In order to survive, the University of the District of Columbia — which has already had furloughs and delays in opening — faces the loss of more than one hundred faculty members and serious cuts in its programs.
June 26, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Central State University: what happened? – financial crisis in Central State University, Ohio
WILBERFORCE, OHIO Dr. Herman B. Smith Jr. stepped onto Central State University’s campus in early 1995 with hope, ambition and a clear idea of the task he faced.
June 26, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Request For American Indian Presence In UND Search Denied
GRAND FORKS, N.D. The president of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education says the membership of a 16-member committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president will not be changed, despite a request that an American Indian be added.
June 25, 2007
The Search Committee Handbook
Leadership & Policy
College of Santa Fe’s interim president gets the job fulltime
SANTA FE Stuart Kirk, interim president of the College of Santa Fe since mid-May, will serve as the school’s full-time president.
June 24, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Israel Outraged by British University Union Boycott Calls
LONDON The clubby staff lounges of British universities and the raucous meeting halls of labor unions have long shared a sympathy for the Palestinian cause that has found expression lately with a series of calls for professional unions to boycott Israel.
June 24, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman Resigns
ITTA BENA, Miss. Dr. Lester C. Newman, the embattled president of Mississippi Valley State University, announced his resignation Friday, effective July 15.
June 24, 2007
Students
Teaching our youth to fish – Dr. Marvalene Hughes, President, California State University-Stanislaus – Transcript
It was Benjamin Mays who best described what Tuskegee meant to me when he said, “A college must be judged not only be excellent teachers, but by the spirit and philosophy which permeate it from top to bottom.”
June 23, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Florida College embroiled in debate over next president: white educator declines post, Black Trustee’s actions probed
A controversy over who should lead a Florida community college has erupted because a white educator rejected a job offer after two school officials told him he lacked support among Blacks.
June 23, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Videoconference examines changing role of today’s college president
American college and university presidents have less time than ever for the traditional rode of acting as the academic leader of their institutions. Instead they are fundraising, lobbying and acting as peacemaker among their different constituencies, several presidents and scholars told a nationwide audience at a recent Black Issues In Higher Education videoconference.
June 23, 2007
Students
Building leaders: leadership development program important step for community college presidents
As a community college administrator with an eye on the presidency, Dr. Walter Bumphus wanted to ensure he would be competitive when the time came to climb the career ladder.
June 22, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Top UI official demoted after letter scheme revealed
MOSCOW Idaho A top University of Idaho official has been demoted after being connected to a letter critical of a school researcher.
June 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Cole’s shoes will be hard to fill: King Farris, Ladner said to be ‘fine candidates.’ – Johnetta Cole as President of Spelman College, Vera King Farris and Joyce Ledner
Johnetta Cole, the first African-American female president of Spelman College, nation’s premiere liberal arts schools, announced that she will relinquish the presidency next spring.
June 22, 2007
Students
Spelman mission was not impossible: how college’s fund-raising drive netted $113 million
Atlanta – When the totals were in, Spelman College had not only met its “mission impossible” goal of raising $81 million, it had outdone itself — amassing a record $113.3 million.
June 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
OSU proposes raising tuition by almost 10 percent
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents will consider a proposal Friday that would increase tuition and mandatory fee rates for students at Oklahoma State University’s Stillwater campus by almost 10 percent for the 2007-08 school year.
June 21, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UND search committee hopes to finish early next year
The president of the state Board of Higher Education says the membership of a 16-member committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president will not be changed, despite a request that an American Indian be added.
June 21, 2007
The Search Committee Handbook
Leadership & Policy
Indiana State president stepping down next year
A shake up at Indiana State University in Terre Haute continued Friday with the school president’s announcement that he would step down when his contract expires next summer.
June 21, 2007
Leadership & Policy
MiraCosta College president negotiates $1m buyout
OCEANSIDE, Calif. MiraCosta College’s embattled president Victoria Munoz Richart has negotiated a buyout worth at least $1 million that will see her employment end June 30.
June 21, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Mississippi Valley State president Lester Newman resigns
ITTA BENA, Miss. Mississippi Valley State University President Lester C. Newman announced his resignation Friday after serving nearly nine years as leader of the historically Black college.
June 21, 2007
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