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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation
Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. āI wanted my students to have the role model I didnāt have when I went through my education.ā
October 8, 2009
Students
Innovative Retention Policies Highlighted in New York Meeting
More than 500 college and university officials learn winning student retention strategies at national symposium last week in Buffalo, N.Y.
October 5, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies
Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.
October 4, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Decision on UND Fighting Sioux Nickname Postponed
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has postponed a decision on the fate of the University of North Dakotaās Fighting Sioux nickname, saying it wants to give one of the namesake tribes a chance to vote on the issue.
October 1, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Making It Known That Latinos Have an Education āAlly and Partnerā
White House Hispanic education leader seeks to build links to educators and improve visibility of Hispanic-Serving Institutions with federal agencies.
September 29, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Review: A Look At All Other Sides of A University Presidency
Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenbergās book, āBig Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Educationā (Simon and Schuster, 2008), provides the reader with an extraordinary personal and sensitive look into the multifaceted responsibilities, challenges, problems, highlights and pitfalls of being the top administrator at one of nationās venerable universities.
September 21, 2009
Leadership & Policy
UT-Austin Tightens Admissions to Top 8 Percent of Class
Itās getting a bit harder for students to get into the University of Texas.
September 17, 2009
Students
SPECTRUM : A BRIDGE TO THE COMMUNITY
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly lowincome Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
A Bridge to the Community
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly low income Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Myles Brand
Dr. Myles Brand, who fired Bobby Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become an NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at age 67.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
A Bridge to the Community
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly lowincome Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Ć¢ā¬Ė16 COLLEGES WITH ONE VOICEĆ¢ā¬ā¢
Maryland community colleges work together to respond to the stateĆ¢ā¬ā¢s education and economic needs.
September 2, 2009
Students
A Mediating Force
Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.
September 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
ā16 Colleges With One Voiceā
Maryland community colleges work together to respond to the stateās education and economic needs.
September 2, 2009
Students
Will Diversity Factor in the Reshaping the Illinois Board of Trustees?
Making up just 6.2 percent of the student body at Illinoisā flagship institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Black students have long been under-represented.
August 27, 2009
Students
Illinois Gov. Says Scholarships Should Be Need-Based
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday said the university-funded scholarships that state lawmakers hand out should be need-based and be part of discussions this fall at the Capitol about shortfalls in state financial aid funding.
August 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Launches Seven Campus Locations
The College of Western Idaho, the stateās newest community college, has launched seven campus locations.Ā Bert Glandon, president of the college, said each of the southwestern Idaho locations will offer something different, allowing students to study subjects ranging from horticulture to truck driving.Ā According to KPAX.com, school officials expect student enrollment for next spring semester [ā¦]
August 25, 2009
Faculty & Staff
CHANGING COURSE
The University of the District of ColumbiaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s problems are so deep and longstanding that some people thought it would take a rocket scientist to figure them out.
August 19, 2009
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