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Leadership & Policy
Ellen Chaffee says she’s leaving as Valley City State University president
BISMARCK N.D. The president of Valley City State University says she’s stepping down in June.
September 23, 2007
Students
HCCC passes enrollment milestone
Hudson County Community College broke the 7,000 student barrier this September, creeping past this historic milestone by 19 students, officials announced this week.
September 23, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University of Memphis awarded Access Diversity grants
The Tennessee Board of Regents has awarded five Access Diversity grants, totaling nearly $90,000, to the University of Memphis.
September 23, 2007
Students
Virginia Tech Inspires Delaware State Response
DOVER, Del. Alex Bishoff heard five gunshots from inside his dorm room at Delaware State University and looked out his window to see people scattering. He immediately thought of the Virginia Tech shootings in April.
September 23, 2007
Students
Accreditation Reform Focus of Forum
A forum on accreditation Friday in Washington, D.C., drew calls for changes in the current system as well as a need to focus on larger issues such as college affordability for low-income students and more accountability for institutions.
September 23, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Durango college trustees slams scheduling of game against Montana
DURANGO Colo. A Fort Lewis College trustee has accused the athletic department of “pigskin prostitution” for scheduling a game against the much larger University of Montana, resulting in a 49-0 drubbing after a 17-hour bus ride.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University system needs to raise employee pay, Regents told
BILLINGS Mont. The Montana university system needs to find a way to better compensate its employees either through better pay or benefits before the quality of education suffers, the state Board of Regents was told.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Virginia high court to hear disputes over Randolph coed move
RICHMOND Va. The Virginia Supreme Court will hear the appeals of students and alumni challenging the end of 115 years of single-sex education at the former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University of Minnesota workers suspend strike, weigh offer to end more than 2-week walkout
MINNEAPOLIS Clerical and health care workers at the University of Minnesota abandoned picket lines Friday and will vote on a contract offer that could end their more than two-week-long strike.
September 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Western Washington University president announces her retirement
BELLINGHAM Wash. Western Washington University President Karen W. Morse, the longest-serving university president in the state, announced Friday she would retire Sept. 1, 2008.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University of West Georgia professor to run Alabama’s largest school system
MOBILE Ala. University of West Georgia professor Roy Nichols has been chosen as superintendent of Mobile County schools, the state’s largest system with some 65,000 students.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Ohio State gives basketball coach Thad Matta $480,000 raise and adds a year to his contract
COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio State gave men’s basketball coach Thad Matta a raise of almost $500,000, boosting his salary to just under $2.5 million a year, and added a year to his contract to extend it through the 2016 season.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Report: College president charged $25,000 in travel expenses
COLUMBUS Ohio The president of a technical college whose school is under investigation by the state attorney general’s office charged more than $25,000 in travel expenses to a credit card, a newspaper reported Saturday.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Former Harvard president Summers disinvited from UC talk
Some consider Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad among the world’s most dangerous men, but Columbia University has resisted calls to rescind an invitation for him to speak there Monday.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Montana regents discuss university enrollment declines
BILLINGS Mont. Maintaining enrollment numbers at the state’s colleges and universities was a recurring topic of discussion at the state Board of Regents meeting here.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Delaware State officials say Virginia Tech inspired fast response when 2 students shot
DOVER Del. Alex Bishoff heard five gunshots from inside his dorm room at Delaware State University and looked out his window to see people scattering. He immediately thought of the Virginia Tech shootings in April.
September 22, 2007
Students
Delaware State students point to tension among rival groups before shooting wounded 2
DOVER Delaware Tension between rival groups of friends from New Jersey and Washington, D.C., preceded the late-night shooting at Delaware State University that wounded two people, students said.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
NYC officials asks Columbia University to cancel speech by Iranian president
NEW YORK Columbia University is providing Iran’s president with a forum for his “hate speech” and should withdraw its invitation to have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak at the prestigious university, the head of New York City’s City Council said Thursday.
September 20, 2007
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