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Leadership & Policy
New President Wants to End Texas Southern’s Open-Admissions Policy
Texas Southern University has an alarmingly low graduation rate, but the school’s new president hopes to change that by ending the long practice of admitting all applicants, regardless of their academic background.
February 25, 2008
Students
Perspectives: Tradition of Inclusion Left Out of William & Mary President’s Story
Controversy at the College of William & Mary and the clear schism between the college community and the board of visitors have recently become major stories in the media. With every article I read, however, the story appears half told.
February 25, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Antioch College Campus To Be Closed For 2008-2009 Academic Year
Antioch University’s trustees decided Friday that Antioch College in Ohio will suspend operations June 30 and remain closed for the 2008-2009 academic year.
February 24, 2008
Leadership & Policy
CU Chancellor, Student Editors Apologize for Column on Asians
BOULDER Colo. The chancellor of the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus has apologized for a student’s satirical column poking fun at Asians. Editors of the student newspaper apologized as well. The column said Asian students “hate us all” and should be rounded up and forced to play drinking games and endure other ordeals until they […]
February 21, 2008
Students
Yale Plans for Biggest Expansion in Decades
NEW HAVEN, Conn.  Yale University is moving forward with plans to build two residential colleges, an expansion that could create the largest increase in the student body since the Ivy League college began admitting women in 1969. Yale President Richard Levin sent a statement to faculty and students this week citing the benefits of the […]
February 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
University of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in Fall
Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans.
February 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
University of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in Fall
STORRS, Conn. Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans. The University of Connecticut is asking the state Board of Higher Education to approve an interdisciplinary major it will call African-American Studies. […]
February 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UC Berkeley Creates Multidisciplinary Chair For Equity and Inclusion
The University of California, Berkeley has created a new $5 million faculty chair to further extend the university’s campus-wide initiative for equity and inclusion.
February 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Tenuous Situation at Clark Atlanta University Led to President’s Decision to Retire
It became pretty clear that it was time for Clark Atlanta University President Walter Broadnax to leave the school.
February 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Clark Atlanta President to Retire in July
Clark Atlanta University President Walter Broadnax will retire in July.
February 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Northern Illinois Shooting Fourth At A School Within One Week
A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five students and injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said.
February 14, 2008
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Students
University of Colorado Presidential Selection Upsets Campus
The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.D.s, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
February 14, 2008
Students
Colo. University Selection Upsets Campus
BOULDER Colo. The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser. Bruce Benson’s nomination may be bitterly dividing this 52,000-student, three-campus institution, but it is a sign […]
February 13, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Hispanic University President at Pennsylvania College Facing Increasing Pressure to Step Down
Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, president of Kutztown University, a publicly funded college located in Pennsylvania, is facing new pressure to step down from his post amid criticism from the university’s faculty union.
February 13, 2008
Leadership & Policy
College of William & Mary Head Resigns, Raises Diversity Issues in Resignation Letter
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The president of the College of William & Mary, who drew heavy criticism for removing a cross from the nation’s oldest college chapel, resigned Tuesday after the public school’s board told him his contract would not be renewed.
February 12, 2008
Students
Higher Ed Institutions Contribute to Country’s Widening Social Divide, Educators Say
It is difficult to find a college or university that does not have diversifying its student body on the top of its long list of goals and objectives, but one educator at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting said that many higher ed institutions are largely to blame for society’s widening social, racial and economic divide as many colleges’ own admissions policies keep out the very the populations they say they’re trying to admit.
February 12, 2008
Leadership & Policy
College of William & Mary Head Resigns, Raises Diversity Issues in Resignation Letter
The president of the College of William & Mary, who drew heavy criticism for removing a cross from the nation’s oldest college chapel, resigned Tuesday after the public school’s board told him his contract would not be renewed.
February 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Report: Not Enough Minority Leadership at U.Va.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. The University of Virginia administrator who monitors progress on diversity says there are few minorities in leadership positions at the school. Blacks, Asians and Hispanics are significantly underrepresented among U.Va’s leadership, according to a report by William B. Harvey, the school’s vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity. The report notes […]
February 10, 2008
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