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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Brown University President Ruth Simmons Stepping Down
After leaving her position in 2012, Simmons plans to return to Brown to continue teaching as a professor of comparative literature and Africana studies.
September 15, 2011
Leadership & Policy
U.S. Education Department’s Community College Leader Makes ‘Acceleration Strategies’ Part of Ambitious Agenda
After more than a year at the Education Department, Dr. Frank Chong describes his job as a “whirlwind” that has included legislative battles in Washington, D.C., and listening tours to 25 states.
September 15, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Bias Alleged in Lawsuit Against University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi has denied the claims of a Hispanic woman that she was discriminated against in her pursuit of a master’s degree.
September 7, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Alumnus Henry Ponder Named Acting President at Langston University
Outgoing Langston University President JoAnn Haysbert plans to take a position as executive vice president at Hampton University in Virginia in the spring.
September 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
University of Central Arkansas President Resigns over Food Service Contract Flap
Allen Meadors is the second university president in past four years to leave Central Arkansas under pressure.
September 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
A Conversation with Kentucky State University President Mary Sias
As chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities organization, Sias is charged with being one of the chief advocates for not only Kentucky State and the 17 other “1890s” land-grant HBCUs, but public land-grant institutions across the U.S.
September 1, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Louisiana Regents Question Southern University Financial Emergency
Members of the state’s top higher education board questioned whether Southern University needed to declare a financial emergency for its main campus and complained that school leaders hadn’t consulted them about the plans.
August 25, 2011
Leadership & Policy
University President Shalala Says 15 Miami Athletes Being Investigated
If Miami uses any player later deemed ineligible by the NCAA, then the Hurricanes run the risk of having to retroactively vacate games.
August 23, 2011
Leadership & Policy
New York’s Columbia College Dean Resigns
The first Black female dean of Columbia College in New York cited administrative changes that would diminish or limit her authority as the reason for her departure.
August 23, 2011
Leadership & Policy
University President Shalala Says 15 Miami Athletes Being Investigated
If Miami uses any player later deemed ineligible by the NCAA, then the Hurricanes run the risk of having to retroactively vacate games.
August 22, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Black Scientists Lag Whites in Government Funding
Just 1.5 percent of NIH applicants were Black; the study shows when applications were rejected, Black researchers were less likely than Whites to revise their work and try again, suggesting a lack of mentoring.
August 21, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Shaw University’s First Female President Quits Just Days After Tornado-damaged School Reopens to Students
The South’s oldest historically Black college, which suffered damage to 27 buildings when a tornado touched down in April, will be seeking a new leader and new donors.
August 9, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman Looking to Future
The new president of Haskell Indian Nations University said it’s time to move on from recent unrest at the school, and instead focus on providing more opportunities for its students.
August 7, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Aiming for More Than Tolerance at a Private Pennsylvania College
Part one of three-part series — Allegheny College’s Lawrence T. Potter aligns diversity components at the Pennsylvania school to build an inclusive, multi-ethnic pluralistic environment.
July 26, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Southern University Chancellor Sees Challenges
New Southern Chancellor James Llorens, who has been on the job one week, said Thursday that declaring a state of financial emergency, called exigency, is a last-step resort, but it must remain on the table.
July 10, 2011
Leadership & Policy
California College Students Brace for State Budget Cuts
California college students are bracing for higher tuition bills and fewer courses and campus services under a new state budget that once again slashes spending on higher education.
July 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Historically Black Concordia College-Selma Regains Favorable Accreditation Status
Last month’s reaccreditation announcement capped what many involved described as a gut-wrenching three years of uncertainty at Concordia, a small Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod supported college in the middle of Alabama’s Baptist dominated Black Belt.
July 4, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Report: Merging N.C. Community Colleges Would Save Millions
North Carolina’s community colleges could save about $5 million a year by folding administration and back-office work at the smallest campuses into larger neighbors, a legislative efficiency report released Tuesday said.
June 29, 2011
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