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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Southern Board to Meet Again to Vote on Chancellor’s Job
The Southern University System Board of Supervisors will convene in a special meeting to reconsider the fate of ousted chancellor of Southern University-Baton Rouge, James Llorens.
February 12, 2014
Students
Police Investigate Racist, Sexist Fliers Found at USC, UCLA
Campus police are investigating fliers with profane, racist and sexist language that have been distributed at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.
February 11, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Rubio to Propose Higher Education Overhaul
Sen. Marco Rubio is calling for state-accredited alternatives to four-year colleges and income-based repayments for college loans.
February 11, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: Alternate Pathways to College Presidency
In the past, college presidents from other schools and college vice presidents have most often ascended the ranks to fill empty presidential seats.
February 11, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Chancellor’s Contract Terminated at Southern University-Baton Rouge
Southern University System’s board of supervisors voted not to renew Baton Rouge chancellor James Llorens’ contract when it expires June 30.
February 9, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Hampton University President Harvey Giving $1M-Plus to Talladega College
Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife, Norma, have given the money to help establish a museum that will be home to the renowned Hale Woodruff Amistad Murals.
February 5, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Elizabeth City State Looking at More Layoffs
Chancellor Charles Becton says eliminating up to 65 positions would save $3.7 million a year.
February 3, 2014
Leadership & Policy
UIC to Pursue Obama Library Alone
Despite Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s suggestion the city make a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library, the University of Illinois at Chicago says it will work on its own bid.
January 29, 2014
Students
Feds Reviewing Pa. Student’s Bomb Arrest
The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”
January 27, 2014
Students
Feds reviewing Pa. student’s bomb arrest
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”
January 27, 2014
Leadership & Policy
University of Michigan Names Mark Schlissel New President
Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel was named Friday as the new president of the University of Michigan, vowing to strengthen what he called a “jewel” of higher education in the U.S.
January 26, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Emanuel Wants Single Bid for Obama Library
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he wants the city to submit a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library.
January 26, 2014
Students
Kentucky State Drops Students Over Accounts
Roughly 200 students at Kentucky State University were cutting class this last week, but not getting in trouble for it.
January 19, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs Need to Seek Leaders from Nontraditional Sources
In this environment of limited educational funds, stable leadership is the key to ensuring the health of any university. However, unsteady leadership acutely impacts historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With the recent departure of Alcorn State University’s former president, M. Christopher Brown, another HBCU has seen a change in leadership. Unfortunately, some of these […]
January 19, 2014
Students
NC Endowment Offers $10M to Improve College Access
RALEIGH, N.C.—A North Carolina endowment is giving $10 million to improve access to higher education for low-income students in rural North Carolina high schools.
January 16, 2014
Students
LSU’s Graduation Rate at All-Time High
BATON ROUGE, La.—For the third year in a row LSU has notched an all-time high graduation rate, with 69.1 percent of students walking away from the university with a degree in hand—the highest graduation rate out of all public universities in the state.
January 15, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Committee Meets to Discuss Merger of Ga. Colleges
Representatives from Southern Polytechnic State and Kennesaw State University are working together to determine how their newly consolidated university should be organized.
January 15, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Diverse Down the Road
A new year brings new opportunities for members of the Diverse team to venture out to cover the issues that matter most to you and meet the people who are making the headlines. Here are a few of the conferences and symposiums we’ll attend over the course of the next couple weeks: Several members of […]
January 15, 2014
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