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Section: Institutions
Faculty & Staff
EVELYN MARIA THOMPSON
EVELYN MARIA THOMPSON has been appointed president of Coppin State University, effective July 1. She is currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. Thompson earned a bachelorâs from Tennessee State University, a masterâs from The Ohio State University and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
June 17, 2015
Leadership & Policy
MADELINE PUMARIEGA
MADELINE PUMARIEGA has been appointed chancellor of the Florida College System. She was chief executive officer of Take Stock in Children. She earned a bachelorâs from St. Thomas University and a masterâs from Florida Atlantic University.
June 17, 2015
Students
MICHAEL V. PHAM
MICHAEL V. PHAM has been appointed vice president of administrative services at Highline College. He was vice president of administrative services at Seattle Central College. Pham earned two associate degrees from Seattle Central, a bachelorâs from Central Washington University and an MBA from City University of Seattle.
June 17, 2015
Community Colleges
RAJIB SANYAL
RAJIB SANYAL has been named dean of the School of Business at Adelphi University. He was dean of the College of Business at Ball State University. Sanyal earned bachelorâs from the University of Calcutta and the University of Delhi, respectively. He received a masterâs from the University of WisconsinâMadison and a doctorate from Georgia State University.
June 17, 2015
Faculty & Staff
BENJAMIN OLA. AKANDE
BENJAMIN OLA. AKANDE has been named president of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He will take office July 1. He currently serves as a professor of economics and dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University in St. Louis. He also leads Websterâs Office of Corporate Partnerships. Akande earned a bachelorâs from Wayland Baptist University and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.
June 17, 2015
Students
LORNA LEâANNE SHAW-BERBICK
LORNA LEâANNE SHAW-BERBICK has been appointed dean of the university at Kentucky State University. She was dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the College of Saint Rose. Shaw-Berbick earned two bachelorâs and a masterâs from the University of the West Indies, and a doctorate from Howard University.
June 17, 2015
Sports
Catholic College in Massachusetts Closing
A small Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts has announced that it is closing at the end of the academic year due to âinsurmountable financial challenges.â
June 16, 2015
Community Colleges
Oregon Debates Free Community College Plan
In just the last year or so, Tennessee adopted a plan for free community colleges, as did Chicago and the Community College of Philadelphia. Now the Oregon state legislature is debating whether to institute a similar program.
June 16, 2015
MSIs
Dolezal Sued HBCU For Racial Discrimination
The Spokane, Washington woman who has caused a firestorm of conversation about the ideas of âtransracialâ and âWrong skinâ identities resigned Monday from her post as the cityâs NAACP president.
June 15, 2015
HBCUs
UVA Names New Dorm âGibbons Houseâ After 2 Former Slaves
The newest dorm at the University of Virginia has been named after two former slaves who became prominent community members after Emancipation.
June 15, 2015
HBCUs
WSU, Bellevue College Move Toward Potential Partnership
Washington State University and Bellevue College have taken another step toward a potential future education partnership.
June 15, 2015
Sports
Go to College? LeBron Didnât, But Everyone Else Should
On choosing the âfellowship of educated men and womenâ before prematurely choosing the âAssociation.â
June 14, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Belton In as Southern President
The Southern University System chooses a current system chancellor to serve as system president and chancellor of the Baton Rouge campus.
June 14, 2015
Sports
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June 11, 2015
Community Colleges
Accrediting Body: Academic Fraud Nets UNC 1-year Probation
RALEIGH, N.C. â An accreditation agency important to colleges receiving federal funds put the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on probation Thursday for a year over its academic fraud scandal. The board of Southern Association of Colleges and Schoolsâ Commission on Colleges stopped short of imposing the harshest penalty, which would have blocked [âŚ]
June 11, 2015
African-American
South Carolina Stateâs Probation Extended
Commission cited fewer shortcomings than it did a year ago when it first placed the institution at the edge of losing accreditation.
June 11, 2015
HBCUs
LSU Educator Top Choice to Lead University of Alabama
A Louisiana State University administrator has emerged as the top choice to become the next president of the University of Alabama.
June 10, 2015
Students
Rich vs. Poor: The Growing âClassâ Gap in Higher Education
Two thoughtful yet troubling articles, published within a week of each other, startled higher education leaders last week.
June 10, 2015
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