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Section: Leadership & Policy

Dartmouth President To Step Down

Dartmouth College President James Wright will step down next year to spend more time working to help wounded veterans go to college and rededicating himself to his academic field of study.

February 3, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Beleaguered Chicago State President Steps Down

CHICAGO After a year of criticism of her leadership and spending practices, the beleaguered president of Chicago State University has told her colleagues she plans to step down.

January 31, 2008

Mexican-American Helps Minnesota Minorities Win Chance at College

MINNEAPOLIS Back in Elgin, Ill., Jennifer Godinez’s childhood home was a popular gathering spot for the neighborhood kids.

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Beleaguered Chicago State President Steps Down

CHICAGO After a year of criticism of her leadership and spending practices, the beleaguered president of Chicago State University has told her colleagues she plans to step down. Elnora Daniel will leave the post on June 30, the day her contract is set to expire, but she will continue to collect her $241,025 salary and […]

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Lawmaker Wants Resignations of Delaware State U Trustees, President

DOVER Del. State Rep. Hazel Plant is urging the governor to request the resignation of the entire board of trustees at Delaware State University. Plant also wants the resignation of DSU President Allen Sessoms. Plant’s letter to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner was prompted by a report by Greenwood & Associates, the search firm that […]

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Duplicate Degrees at Black, White Colleges Sparks Debate Again

ANNAPOLIS Md. A measure to allow Morgan State University to take the Maryland Higher Education Commission to court in a dispute over a duplicative MBA program is stirring debate again, a year after it caused contention in the General Assembly. Opponents say the bill would enable entities in state higher education to sue each other, […]

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Howard University’s Board Seeking a “Change Agent” to Succeed President

With Ivy League institutions providing financial relief that may result in higher enrollment of students of color, the next president of Howard University will need to address the institution’s financial and structural impediments in order to compete for top students, Gen. Colin Powell, chair of the presidential search committee, said this week.

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

New Blueprint for Establishing Chief Diversity Officer Positions

Too often, college and university presidents are forced to reinvent the wheel when establishing the position of chief diversity officer (CDO) because they do not understand the role and function of the position, says Dr. Damon A. Williams, assistant vice provost for multicultural and international affairs at the University of Connecticut.

January 28, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Vice Chancellor OK’d to Take Top Post at Fayetteville Campus

LITTLE ROCK The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to name G. David Gearhart as the Fayetteville campus’ next chancellor. The 10-member board approved Gearhart, 55, after meeting in executive session for about 40 minutes. “I pledge I will do all I can to provide an administration that has a combination of […]

January 27, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Johnson C. Smith Names New President

The Johnson C. Smith University Board of Trustees has named Dr. Ronald L. Carter the university’s 13th president, effective July 1.

January 26, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Perspectives: AME-affiliated Colleges Need To Band Together in Cluster Endowment Trusts

It has been said that financially struggling AME-affiliated colleges should be allowed to die, leaving the strong to survive. An institutional development officer says small, religious-based colleges can all survive if they tackle fundraising as a coalition.

January 26, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Bishop State Community College Among Three HBCUs Placed On Accreditation Probation

The nation’s second-largest historically Black university received a laundry list of issues it needs to address in the next year to regain full accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools officials said at its annual meeting in New Orleans last month.

January 24, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Lack Of Black Coordinators Leads to Few Head Coaching Opportunities

If being a provost or vice president for academic affairs is a necessary last stop before becoming a college president, then putting in time as an offensive or defensive coordinator should be the surefire pathway to landing a highly coveted and lucrative collegiate football head coaching position. But for Blacks, the pipeline to the head coaching slot is choked at the coordinator level.

January 24, 2008

Faculty & Staff

College Endowments: Rich Get Richer

New figures on university endowments confirm it’s not just the “haves” and “have nots” in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there’s a growing group of the newly rich schools, and at the top of the heap a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.

January 24, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Accreditation Probation for Country’s Two Largest HBCUs

Institutions must address laundry lists of issues after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ meeting last month.

January 23, 2008

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: College Advertisement Has Unintended Double Meaning

The advertisement said Blackhawk Technical College was a good fit for “the White family,” with White being the proper name of an actual family, but some read racial overtones. Also, the University of North Dakota opposes affirmative action ban. University of Maryland, Eastern Shores becomes the first HBCU with an accredited golf program.

January 21, 2008

Leadership & Policy

15 Schools Scrutinized in Study-abroad Program Probe

NEW YORK Study-abroad programs at 15 colleges and universities including Harvard and Columbia are being scrutinized by the New York attorney general’s office to ensure cozy deals between schools and companies that provide the programs are not cheating students, a top investigator said Monday.

January 21, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Support For Undocumented Student Aid Costs California Community Colleges Board President Her Seat

This week in the majority-Democrat California State Senate, GOP senators succeeded in blocking the confirmation of Community Colleges Board of Governors President Katherine Albiani. The Senate voted along party lines to reject Albiani, the third of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appointees to the board voted down in the past year by united GOP opposition to the board’s decision to back the Dream Act, which would grant financial aid to undocumented students.

January 17, 2008