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Leadership & Policy
University President Tapped to Head Philadelphia Fed
The head of the University of Delaware has been selected to be the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
March 2, 2015
Leadership & Policy
University of North Carolina Board Votes to Kill Poverty Center
North Carolina public university leaders have voted to kill an anti-poverty center headed by a sharp critic of Republican lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory.
March 1, 2015
Students
Barbara Walters Donates $15M to Sarah Lawrence College
Journalism giant and Sarah Lawrence College alumna Barbara Walters is donating $15 million to her alma mater to establish The Barbara Walters Campus Center.
February 26, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Living the Legacy
Tuskegee University President Brian Johnson intent on expanding the house that Booker T. built.
February 26, 2015
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Leadership & Policy
Smith Tapped as First African-American to Lead Swarthmore College
The appointment of Dr. Valerie Smith as the 15th president of Swarthmore College is being hailed by scholars as a major breakthrough for African-American women in the Academy.
February 22, 2015
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Leadership & Policy
‘Forgotten’ Latino Scholar Finally Gets Hometown Recognition
Years after leaving New Mexico in disgrace, a noted Mexican American scholar and civil rights advocate whose name graces educational institutions in Texas and California but until recently was virtually unknown in his hometown of Albuquerque finally will be honored in his birth city.
February 19, 2015
Leadership & Policy
University of North Carolina Panel Recommends Closing 3 Centers
A panel at the University of North Carolina panel is recommending the elimination of three university centers, including one whose director has been an outspoken critic of Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican lawmakers.
February 18, 2015
Faculty & Staff
La Salle University Picks First Layperson, Female President
After 152 years of brothers at the helm, La Salle University has appointed a lay woman as its president.
February 17, 2015
Students
Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’
The barriers to the solutions are politics, race, intransigence, corruption and political dysfunction.
February 16, 2015
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Students
Yale Fraternity Banned for Sex Misconduct Policy Violation
A fraternity has been banned from Yale University’s campus for two years over an initiation ceremony that violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy, the Ivy League university announced Friday.
February 15, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Happy President’s Day for HBCUs? Not Likely
You would think with the first Black president in our country’s history, there would be more of a lovey-dovey relationship with HBCUs. Apparently not. “President Obama was critical of Historically Black Colleges and Universities during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week according to several in attendance. The February 10 meeting was […]
February 15, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Report: University of Texas President OK’d Applicants Over Objections
A “select handful” of University of Texas applicants are approved each year at the direction of the school president over the objections of the admissions office, a longtime practice that has grown in recent years, according to details of an investigation commissioned by the school’s Board of Regents and released Thursday.
February 12, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons at South Dakota Colleges Moves to House
Over the objections of some student representatives and South Dakota’s Board of Regents, a legislative panel approved Thursday and sent to the full state House a proposal to allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university campuses.
February 12, 2015
Leadership & Policy
S.C. State Board Stands by President Despite Call for Ouster
The trustees of financially troubled South Carolina State University stood behind embattled President Thomas Elzey on Thursday, even as legislators proposed ousting the entire board along with Elzey.
February 12, 2015
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Students
Clemson University Faculty Senate: Change Tillman Hall Name
Clemson University’s faculty senate is asking administrators to change the name of a building named after the late South Carolina governor and White supremacist Benjamin Tillman.
February 11, 2015
Students
University of Texas Investigates Fraternity Party
A University of Texas fraternity is under investigation after complaints were filed about how Hispanics were portrayed during a weekend party.
February 10, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Women’s College to Accept transgender, Intersex Students
A small women’s college near Philadelphia says it’ll start accepting transgender women and intersex applicants who don’t identify as male.
February 10, 2015
Students
Boyfriend Charged After Freshman Found Dead in Pa. Dorm
The boyfriend of a student found dead in a Pennsylvania university dormitory room was covered in blood and performing CPR when campus police arrived, according to an arrest affidavit.
February 9, 2015
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