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Section: Leadership & Policy
Students
College Board Finds AP Mean Exam Scores Rise
Roughly 60.1 percent of the 954,070 students who took an AP exam in 2012 achieved a score of 3 or higher on the five-point AP Exam scale.
February 20, 2013
Leadership & Policy
UNCF’s Latest Challenge is Engaging Youth
The United Negro College Fund’s primary goal remains keeping students in school after getting them in.
February 18, 2013
Leadership & Policy
UT System Pushing 4-Year Tuition Option
University of Texas System regents on Thursday ordered their campuses to offer students a four-year, fixed-rate tuition option by fall of 2014 to encourage them to graduate on time.
February 14, 2013
Leadership & Policy
University Presidents’ Benefits Vary in Virginia
Not all university presidents in Virginia receive the same fringe benefits.
February 10, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Bennett Becomes First Black President of Predominately White Mississippi School
Rodney Bennett has been named the first Black president of a predominantly White university in Mississippi.
February 7, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Madison Supervisors Welcome Jackson State Campus
Madison County officials are rolling out the welcome mat for Jackson State University.
February 5, 2013
Students
Southern Mississippi Leaning Toward Hiring Black President
The school is likely to become the first of the state’s historically White public universities to be led by a Black man.
February 3, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Webinar: Experts Explore College Trustee Board Roles, Responsibilities
Expert panelists, including former university president David Roselle, offered practical advice on how college trustee boards as well as individual trustee board members should conduct themselves.
January 31, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Officials Seek To Stop JSU from Opening in Madison
The city of Madison and Tulane University officials want the state College Board to rescind what they’re calling the “premature” approval of Jackson State University’s plans to open a Madison campus this summer.
January 29, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Out Lesbian and Gay Presidents Discuss Pathways to Leadership
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) held its 69th Annual Meeting in Atlanta last week.
January 28, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Bankrupt Lon Morris College Campus Sold at Auction
The oldest junior college in Texas has been sold at auction with much of the property going to the local school district and an office supply company.
January 23, 2013
Students
Three More Schools Win OK To Waive Out-Of-State Costs
Mississippi Valley State University on Thursday became the second public university to allow all out-of-state residents to pay the same tuition rates as students who live in Mississippi.
January 21, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Deferred-action Immigration May Get Tuition Break
Pima Community College may give in-state tuition breaks to students who qualify under the federal government’s deferred-deportation program.
January 21, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Lincoln U. Names Rome New President
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — An administrator at a college in North Carolina will become the new president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Lincoln University curators announced Friday that Kevin D. Rome will be the school’s 19th president, beginning June 1. Rome was chosen after a nine-month search. He’ll succeed Carolyn Mahoney, who retired in […]
January 18, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Florida A&M Hires Anti-Hazing Chief
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University has hired alumnus Bryan F. Smith as its anti-hazing administrator. Interim university President Larry Robinson said Friday that Smith’s job will be ensuring that initiatives adopted after the hazing death of a band member are implemented. Drum major Robert Champion died in 2011 after he was beaten aboard a […]
January 18, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Pa. College Faculty Report Contract Talks Stalled
The union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities says contract talks have stalled again.
January 17, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Auburn Faculty Concerned About Candidate Diversity
Faculty members at Auburn University are expressing concern about what some consider a lack of diversity among candidates to fill two openings on the school’s board of trustees.
January 16, 2013
Leadership & Policy
FBI Probed SC State as Legislative Audit Unfolded
In summer 2011, officials at South Carolina State University were defending the school’s transportation center, a multi-million-dollar project in which a state audit had found mismanagement and poor planning but no overt impropriety.
January 13, 2013
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