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Section: Leadership & Policy

Leadership & Policy

UM using mail, Internet and word of mouth to spread new alcohol policy

OXFORD Miss. University of Mississippi officials are making sure students and football fans know the new campus alcohol policy.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University president wants to listen, learn

IOWA CITY Iowa Sally Mason just wants to listen.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit

VANCOUVER Wash. U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Byrne: Looking for managers to lead two-year colleges

POINT CLEAR Ala. The new chancellor of Alabama’s system of two-year colleges said Saturday that a background in education is not a requirement to be a college president.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A Conversation with Dr. Betty Siegel

Dr. Betty Siegel, president emeritus of Kennesaw State University in Georgia, has been logging many miles in her retirement, in many cases to promote and help implement First-Year academies.

August 8, 2007

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Highlighting the Value of Diversity in Acadamia

A mandate from the top down remains key to the successful implementation of diversity initiatives.

August 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Expect More Challenges to Diversity Programs, Says Spelman President

ATLANTA Spelman College President Beverly Tatum has championed racially diverse relationships for most of her life: as a child growing up in New England, as a young professor teaching about the psychology of racism and as an author writing about cross-racial interaction.

August 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education ‘Mall’ to Offer Courses From Eight Campuses

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Aspiring college students in southern West Virginia will soon have one facility that will allow them access to courses at eight colleges.

August 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick eyes free education from age 3 through community college

BOSTON Gov. Deval Patrick envisions free education for every Massachusetts resident from age 3 through community college.

August 6, 2007

Community College Photo

Leadership & Policy

Spelman exec: Brace for more challenges to diversity programs

ATLANTA Spelman College President Beverly Tatum has championed racially diverse relationships for most of her life: as a child growing up in New England, as a young professor teaching about the psychology of racism, and as an author writing about cross-racial interaction.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Higher education mall to offer courses from 8 campuses

CHARLESTON W.Va. Aspiring college students in southern West Virginia will soon have one facility that will allow them access to courses at eight colleges.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fletcher appoints string of college board members across Kentucky

FRANKFORT Ky. Gov. Ernie Fletcher appointed a number of political donors to various university boards throughout the state Wednesday, including the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Iowa provost selected as new UConn president

STORRS Conn. The vice president and provost of the University of Iowa has been selected as 14th president of the University of Connecticut, officials said Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

School to use picture book to lure Hispanic men to college

MERCED Calif. Educators in Merced are using fotonovelas, graphic novels popular in Mexico, to attract Hispanic students to the local junior college.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Michigan governor kicks off new worker training program

LANSING Mich. Laid-off Michigan workers may be able to get up to two free years of community college or technical school tuition to learn a new trade under a program rolled out Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

Community College Photo

Leadership & Policy

Governor announces new plan for Ohio’s public universities

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio’s public universities and community colleges will be united under one banner to focus on their common goals, while maintaining their own identities, Gov. Ted Strickland and his higher education chief said Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Mourns Loss of Students

NEWARK, N.J. In a city where gun violence has become an all too common part of daily life, these shootings were enough to chill even the most hardened residents: Four young friends shot execution-style in a schoolyard just days before they were to head to college.

August 6, 2007