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Section: Leadership & Policy

Leadership & Policy

Name of Oklahoma State University Building After Alleged Racist At Issue

STILLWATER Okla. If Oklahoma State University prides itself on becoming one of the most diverse universities in the United States, surely it wouldn’t have a building named after one of the state’s most well known racists, right?

November 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges to Offer Elementary Education Degrees

OKLAHOMA CITY Plans to offer four-year degrees in elementary education at four Oklahoma community colleges will help increase the number of elementary school teachers in the state, authorities said.

November 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Southwest Kansas Community Colleges Aim To Boost Collaboration

DODGE CITY, Kan. — Community colleges in southwest Kansas are discussing ways to work together to lobby state lawmakers and deal with staffing shortages.

November 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

College of Santa Fe Struggles With Budget Deficits

SANTA FE Administrators at the College of Santa Fe are developing plans that could include laying off as much as 20 percent of the school’s faculty.

November 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Kansas Education Leaders Back Creating Coordinating Council

TOPEKA Kan. State education officials are giving their support to creation of a council to coordinate the teaching of Kansas students from preschool to college and technical and career training.

November 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Oral Roberts President Receives ‘No Confidence’ Vote

TULSA Okla. Embattled Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts, facing accusations he misspent university funds to support a lavish lifestyle, has received a vote of no confidence by the tenured faculty at the evangelical university.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

What Color IsYour Parachute?

From the corporate recruitment of college students to retirement, the articles in our annual careers special report truly come full circle.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Taking the Reigns

Louisiana Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal has plans to boost community college enrollment and foster more university research.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

If I Were Not a College President, I Would Be…

College Presidents tell Diverse their career alternatives to higher education leadership.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

State Higher-ed System Taps New Bloomsburg University President

HARRISBURG Pa. A Washington state university administrator has been tapped to become Bloomsburg University’s next president.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas School Board Member Wants Curriculum to Include More Hispanics

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A Texas State Board of Education member said Monday that upcoming revisions to the state’s core public school curriculum must include lessons on historical contributions made by Hispanics, women and American Indians.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

College President Salaries on the Rise Again

College presidents are getting healthy raises, and a dozen at private universities earn $1 million or more including benefits, according to a new survey published Monday.

November 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hopkins Brody Among Highest Paid College Presidents

BALTIMORE A survey of compensation for college presidents shows Johns Hopkins president Dr. William Brody is among the highest paid presidents in the nation.

November 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

West Liberty State College to Provide Laptops to Incoming Freshmen

HEELING, W.Va. Incoming freshmen at West Liberty State College will be provided laptop computers free of charge starting next fall.

November 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Oral Roberts’ Son Accused of Misspending

TULSA Okla. A Beverly Hills house and country club membership. Vacations in Palm Springs and the South Seas. A closet as big as an apartment, stuffed with hundreds of pairs of shoes, suits, dresses and golf shoes.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fired Soccer Coach Sues Nevada; Says NCAA Rules Broken

RENO Nev. Nevada’s former women’s soccer coach filed a lawsuit against university officials on Thursday, claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaining about NCAA rules violations and discrimination against her players.\

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fired Soccer Coach Sues Nevada; Says NCAA Rules Broken

RENO Nev. Nevada’s former women’s soccer coach filed a lawsuit against university officials on Thursday, claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaining about NCAA rules violations and discrimination against her players.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Arizona State U., Northern Arizona U. Offer Tuition Proposals With Longer Reach

PHOENIX State university presidents’ recommendations would have students and their families paying more in tuition next year, but some attending Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University would know what’s coming after that.

November 8, 2007