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Section: Leadership & Policy
Students
In Brief: University President Pulls Web Profile
Salisbury president pulled her Facebook profile over unprofessional captions; FAMU and Florida State students protesting the not-guilty verdict in boot camp case get a meeting with federal officials; and Louisiana loses sensitive financial aid application data.
October 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Community College Aims to be First to Sponsor Presidential Debate
Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., may be the first community college to ever sponsor a presidential debate. In partnership with the Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission of Portland, Ore., Clark aims to convince the Commission on Presidential Debates to select the Oregon Convention Center to host the candidates.
October 16, 2007
Students
University of Kentucky Board Condemns Racially Charged Cartoon
LEXINGTON, Ky. The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees condemned a racially charged editorial cartoon that appeared in the student newspaper.
October 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Salisbury University President Pulls Her Facebook Profile Over Postings
The president of a U.S. university removed her Facebook profile after being questioned about apparently unprofessional captions posted next to photos on the Web page.
October 16, 2007
Students
Arizona State Sees Enrollment Approaching 100,000 in 15 Years
PHOENIX Arizona State University officials are bracing for the day that ASU’s enrollment swells to nearly 100,000.
October 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University of Houston System Picks South Florida Provost as Chancellor Finalist
HOUSTON A University of South Florida provost is poised to become the next chancellor of the University of Houston System.
October 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Retired University of Minnesota professor, 90, Shares Nobel in Economics
MINNEAPOLIS When 90-year-old Leonid Hurwicz got a phone call around 6 a.m. from someone talking about the Nobel Prize, he thought it was a joke.
October 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
College Investments Net Good Returns, Questions About High Costs
Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep down tuition.
October 15, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Summit: Faculty Challenged to Get Off Athletic Sidelines and Get Involved
Washington, D.C. In response to the recently released Knight Foundation survey showing that higher education faculty care little about college athletics, a group of nationally recognized experts meeting here urged them to rethink their attitudes and lack of involvement.
October 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit Against Oral Roberts University Revised to Include New Allegations
TULSA Okla. A lawsuit against Oral Roberts University, filed by three former ORU professors, has been revised to include an internal report that details allegations against university President Richard Roberts and his wife, Lindsay.
October 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Florida Lawmakers Pass $1.1 Billion Budget Cut, Tuition Increase
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida’s budget could shrink by about $1.1 billion and college students may pay higher tuition due to legislation passed Friday in response to a shortfall in tax revenue blamed mainly on a housing slump.
October 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Mistrial for Ex-Texas Southern University President
HOUSTON Jurors in the trial of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade said they could not decide if she misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes, resulting in a mistrial.
October 13, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Florida Bill Would Peg Community College Tuition Hikes to Inflation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Legislation that would raise community college and state-university tuition by 5 percent in January also includes automatic increases in future years tied to inflation, as well as a technology fee for universities.
October 10, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Florida Bill Would Peg Community College Tuition Hikes to Inflation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Legislation that would raise community college and state-university tuition by 5 percent in January also includes automatic increases in future years tied to inflation, as well as a technology fee for universities.
October 10, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Columbia Professor Targeted With Noose: “I Will Not Be Silenced”
NEW YORK Hundreds of students and faculty members at Columbia University in New York City rallied Wednesday afternoon to protest the hanging of a noose on the office door of a popular African-American professor.
October 9, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Jury Deadlocks in Texas Southern Trial
HOUSTON Jurors deliberating whether Texas Southern University’s former president misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes said they were at an impasse Wednesday, but the judge told them to keep working.
October 9, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Oregon Coast Community College Gets New Home, At Last
NEWPORT Ore. Oregon Coast Community College has been without a home for 20 years.
October 9, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Alabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors Say
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.
October 9, 2007
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