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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Bowie State University President Mickey Burnim to Retire Next Year
Dr. Mickey L. Burnim, who helped Bowie State University rise in presence among Maryland’s state-controlled colleges and universities, has advised the university’s community family he will retire next June after 10 years as president.
September 14, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Gov. Haley Calls on Medical School’s Board to Pay for Expensive Meals, Hotels
CHARLESTON, S.C. ― Gov. Nikki Haley wants members of the board of the Medical University of South Carolina to reimburse the school for expensive meals and hotel stays during their board meetings. Haley spokeswoman Chaney Adams told The Post and Courier of Charleston the governor already has asked her appointee to the school’s governing board, […]
September 13, 2016
Students
Fraternity at University of Richmond Suspended Over Inappropriate Email
RICHMOND, Va. ―A University of Richmond fraternity has been suspended over what the school called a “grossly offensive” email that described a party as one that “makes fathers afraid to send their daughters away to school.” The fraternity’s suspension comes as the school faces scrutiny over its handling of alleged sexual assaults after two female […]
September 13, 2016
Students
University of Oregon Removing Klan-affiliated Name from Building
The University of Oregon’s board of trustees has voted to remove the name of a classics professor from a student dormitory on campus because of his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.
September 11, 2016
Leadership & Policy
UTSA President Ricardo Romo to Retire Next Year
Ricardo Romo, the longest serving and first Hispanic president in the University of Texas at San Antonio’s 47-year history, has announced that he will retire next year.
September 7, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Georgetown University to Atone for Slavery Ties
Georgetown derived operational funds from the profits of Maryland plantations and benefited from the sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838.
September 1, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Board Hires Kansas Attorney to Investigate North Dakota State President
FARGO, N.D. ― A Kansas investigator has been hired to look into whether embattled North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani violated state Board of Higher Education policy, university system officials said Thursday. The probe centers on now-rescinded media guidelines for covering Bison athletics that were roundly criticized by journalists and on social media before […]
September 1, 2016
Students
Texas University President Fired after Controversial Remarks
SAN ANTONIO ― A Texas university has fired its president after he had been placed on medical leave because of “uncharacteristic behavior and comments.” The San Antonio Express-News reports the University of the Incarnate Word’s governing board on Monday announced it had voted to remove Louis Agnese Jr. as president. The newspaper says Agnese’s firing […]
August 30, 2016
Students
Another University furls Confederate-themed Mississippi Flag
JACKSON, Miss. ― Another Mississippi university has stopped flying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi State University becomes the sixth of the state’s eight public universities to do so. University spokesman Sid Salter said Tuesday that President Mark Keenum approved deans’ plans to remove the flag from four locations […]
August 30, 2016
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Board Fails to Extend Mangum’s Contract
The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees has for the second time this summer declined an opportunity to extend the contract of the historically Black institution’s president, Elmira Mangum.
August 24, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Arizona President Calls for Independent Probe of Medical Schools
TUCSON, Ariz. ― The president of the University of Arizona has called for an independent investigation into allegations of misuse of public funds by its two medical schools. The Arizona Daily Star reports that President Ann Weaver Hart released a statement on Monday calling for the independent third-party investigation with no university or Arizona Board […]
August 18, 2016
Students
Colleges Pitching in as Floods, Fires Wreak Havoc
The massive floods and forest fires that have disrupted thousands of households in the South and Southern California have spurred colleges in the areas to help institution employees, neighbors and students weather the troubles.
August 18, 2016
Students
University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Resigns
BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley chancellor, who critics alleged was too lenient when handling sexual harassment cases involving high-profile faculty members, has resigned his post. University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she accepted UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ resignation and that a search for his successor would start immediately. […]
August 17, 2016
Students
University of Hawaii Opens All-gender Restrooms
HONOLULU ― The University of Hawaii has opened nine more all-gender restrooms on its Manoa campus. Each all-gender bathroom is a lockable, single-stall room similar to the “family restrooms” found in malls and airports. Camaron Miyamoto who leads an LGBTQ center at UH says all-gender restrooms can be essential for students who don’t feel comfortable […]
August 17, 2016
Leadership & Policy
HBCUs Struggling to Find Stability at Top
As the new fiscal year began July 1 for most of the nation’s institutions, at least 10 HBCUs were looking for permanent chief executives, according to data collected by the Washington, D.C.-based Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
August 16, 2016
Students
Morgan State Bolstering Profile by Hiring Several New Deans
Morgan State University ― a Black public urban research institution headquartered in Maryland — is increasing its national profile with the recent hiring of several new university deans.
August 4, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Arkansas State Chancellor Tim Hudson Announces Resignation
JONESBORO, Ark. ― Arkansas State University announced Wednesday that Chancellor Tim Hudson had submitted his resignation, less than three weeks before school is set to begin for the fall semester. The university said Hudson’s resignation was effective immediately. The school gave no reason for Hudson’s sudden departure, and Hudson did not immediately respond to a […]
August 4, 2016
Students
University of Wisconsin-Madison to Test Diversity Program
MADISON, Wis. ― The University of Wisconsin-Madison is creating a diversity program for its incoming freshmen students after a series of race-related incidents have occurred on campus. The campus will test the program, called Our Wisconsin, on up to 1,000 freshmen to allow students to learn about themselves and others, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. […]
August 1, 2016
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