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Section: Leadership & Policy

Leadership & Policy

Patton to Retire as Head of Georgia State University

ATLANTA Georgia State University President Carl Patton will retire next summer after 16 years at the helm of the downtown Atlanta campus, University System of Georgia officials announced Thursday.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Former Oklahoma State University President Running for Senate

OKLAHOMA CITY Former Oklahoma State University President Jim Halligan is running for the state Senate.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Utah Valley State College Approves First Master’s Degree for Utah Valley University

OREM, Utah Utah Valley State College has taken a big first step toward its new status as a university.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Shooting Victim Honored at Memorial Service

DOVER, Del. In music and words, the Delaware State University community on Thursday honored a student mortally wounded in a campus shooting, but the most striking words may have come from the victim herself.

November 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Big East Grants Show Commitment to Diversity In Athletics Administrators Ranks

The need is there. Just a quarter of the women and minority collegiate athletics staff seeking the Big East Professional Development Grant for Women and Ethnic Minorities received funding this year. Now, advocates hope the program, which they say demonstrates a commitment to diversity, can set an example that other Division I conferences will follow.

November 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University President Asks State for $129 Million Next Year

DOVER, Del. University of Delaware President Patrick Harker is asking state budget writers for $600,000 for a new institute that would match faculty members working on renewable energy with research partners in the private sector.

November 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Universities a Big Part of Urban Renewal

DETROIT When people around here talk about “Midtown,” the discussion generally concerns new condos, small businesses and lifestyle. Not long ago, the neighborhood separating Wayne State University’s campus from downtown mostly contained ramshackle buildings and rat-infested alleys and was notorious for its drug houses and prostitutes.

November 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Saint Joseph College President Part of Historic Couple

With her appointment as president of Saint Joseph College, Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid joins her husband, Wayne State University president, Dr. Irvin Reid, in making history.

November 4, 2007

Private Jersey College Grapples With Spate of Racial Incidents, Tragedies

TRENTON, N.J. Rider University, where officials are still dealing with three recent bias incidents that have attracted public attention, is no stranger to controversy and tragedy lately. It has also been the scene of two deaths related to substance abuse that have attracted widespread attention and controversy this year.

November 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Some Dixie State College Alumni Balk at University of Utah Union

ST. GEORGE Utah A University of Utah-proposed affiliation with Dixie State College comes with a handful of ironclad conditions but not every Dixie supporter likes the deal.

November 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

DSU President Wants State Funds for Athletic Facility

DOVER, Del. Delaware State University President Allen Sessoms says the school can’t wait another 35 years for a civic center in Dover.

November 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Luna Community College to Pay Legal Bills of Former President

LAS VEGAS, N.M. Luna Community College has agreed to pay the legal bills of its former interim president, who in return will drop any possible claims he may have against the college, said its current interim president, Dr. Sigfredo Maestas.

November 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Driver of Former Two-year Chancellor to Plead Guilty to Obstruction

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The driver for former two-year college Chancellor Roy Johnson has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing a federal corruption investigation.

November 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Swastika Found on Professor’s Door at Columbia University

NEW YORKA Jewish professor found a swastika on her office door at Columbia University, the latest symbol of bias and hatred found at the school in recent weeks, police said.

November 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Iowa Regent Wants to Limit Corporate Names on Campus

IOWA CITY Iowa The president pro tem of the Iowa Board of Regents wants to limit the use of corporate names on university buildings.

October 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Castleton State to Seek $25 Million in Building Projects

CASTLETON Vt. Castleton State College will get $25.7 million in improvements, including an enhanced campus center, new athletic complex and significant renovations to its gymnasium.

October 30, 2007

Va. Tech Distributes $8.5M in Donations for Shooting Victims, Families of Those Killed

BLACKSBURG Va. Virginia Tech has distributed more than $8.5 million in donations to aid victims of the mass killings on campus in April, school leaders said Tuesday.

October 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colorado College Teaches One Class at a Time

Colorado College is one of just a handful of places where students take one course at a time, giving it their full attention for three and a half weeks.

October 30, 2007