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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Audit Says $1 Million Diverted from North Carolina Central University Program
The ex-director of a program based at N.C. Central University designed to reduce the achievement gap appears to have skimmed more than $1 million in program funds and used nearly $290,000 for her personal use, according to a state audit Tuesday that referred the case to prosecutors.
June 28, 2011
Leadership & Policy
S.C. State University Audit: No Missing Funds at Clyburn Center
Mismanagement and a lack of planning are largely to blame for construction delays at a troubled transportation research center at South Carolina State University named for U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
June 21, 2011
Leadership & Policy
LSU Looking at Adding Louisiana Tech to its University System
Louisiana State University Chancellor Michael Martin says that adding Louisiana Tech University to the LSU System could make for a stronger flagship university in Baton Rouge.
June 19, 2011
Leadership & Policy
From ‘Pinch Hitter’ to Full-Fledged Starter
Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour brought in to turn around the flagging institution.
June 9, 2011
Leadership & Policy
NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs
Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.
June 2, 2011
Students
U.S. Education Department Official Urges Making Academic Credit Transfer More Efficient
In order to boost the rate of college degree attainment in the U.S., higher education leaders must make it easier for students to transfer credits from one type of institution to another, an U.S. Education Department official said Thursday.
June 2, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.
May 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports
More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.
May 30, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Fisk ‘Family Feud’ Enters Its Next Chapter
Fisk University’s legal battle over its efforts to raise funds for the school by monetizing part of its prestigious Stieglitz Collection of photographs and paintings entered another testy chapter this month.
May 26, 2011
Leadership & Policy
African Burial Ground to Be Restored in Richmond, Va.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Board of Visitors on Friday approved the transfer of the African Burial Ground to the city, clearing the way for asphalt and gravel to be removed from the site in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Bottom.
May 22, 2011
Students
Taking Action to Abandon Offensive American Indian Mascots Often Mired in Controversy
Six years ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a policy that penalizes schools that use American Indian mascots, nicknames or logos.
May 18, 2011
Leadership & Policy
$60 Million Grant Expected to Boost Bard College’s Civic Engagement Efforts
Bard College’s commitment to civic engagement received a huge boost with the announcement of a $60 million challenge grant from George Soros, chairman of the Open Society Foundation.
May 17, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Perspective: Community Colleges Should Be at the Front Line of Economic Recovery
The focus of community colleges has shifted over the past decade to include not only the education of young adults leaving high school, but also adults who are already in the workforce, a community college president writes.
May 16, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Tornado No Match for New Shaw University President
It’s been an unusual spring for Shaw University and new president Irma McClaurin as efforts have gotten underway to get the campus repaired from tornado damage.
May 12, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Perspective: Increase Diversity Among Division I College Football Coaches
Bringing the Rooney Rule to the collegiate level would help increase diversity among head football coaches, athletic directors and conference commissioners.
May 9, 2011
Leadership & Policy
James Llorens Named New Chancellor at Southern University at Baton Rouge
The Southern University System’s Board of Supervisors has chosen James L. Llorens as the next chancellor of its Baton Rouge Campus.
May 2, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Morris Brown, Feds Prepping Debt Deal
Morris Brown College is expected to settle nearly $10 million in debt for pennies on the dollar in an agreement pending with the U.S. Education Department, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
April 26, 2011
Leadership & Policy
High Point University Giving Has Aim To Build Elite School
The recent announcement of $40 million in gifts to High Point University feeds into the school’s 10-year plan to raise and spend $2.1 billion and to define itself as an up-and-coming Southeastern private university.
April 25, 2011
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