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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 Webster’s Office of Corporate Partnerships. Akande earned a bachelor’s from Wayland Baptist University and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.
June 17, 2015
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Students
LORNA LE’ANNE SHAW-BERBICK
LORNA LE’ANNE 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 bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of the West Indies, and a doctorate from Howard University.
June 17, 2015
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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 “insurmountable financial challenges.”
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
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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 Didn’t, But Everyone Else Should
On choosing the “fellowship of educated men and women” before prematurely choosing the “Association.”
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. ― 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 Schools’ Commission on Colleges stopped short of imposing the harshest penalty, which would have blocked […]
June 11, 2015
Students
Rich vs. Poor: The Growing “Class” 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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Faculty & Staff
SUE CUNNINGHAM
SUE CUNNINGHAM has been appointed president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Cunningham was vice-principal for advancement at the University of Melbourne. She earned a bachelor’s from Middlesex University and a master’s from Oxford University.
June 10, 2015
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Faculty & Staff
ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK
ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK has been appointed president of The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. She was vice president of university advancement at Carnegie Mellon University. Kosak earned a bachelor’s from the Pennsylvania State University.
June 10, 2015
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Leadership & Policy
SYDNEY ROSE LEO
SYDNEY ROSE LEO has been appointed vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer of Fisk University. She was chief financial officer of the Interaction Institute for Social Change. Leo earned a bachelor’s from Smith College, a master’s from the University of Hartford and a master’s from Bentley University.
June 10, 2015
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Students
Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males
14 members of three fraternities at The Ohio State University (OSU) traveled to China last month, where they choreographed a step show for Chinese students as part of a cross-cultural awareness program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
June 10, 2015
Community Colleges
Court Grants Temporary Reprieve to Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar College, a historic, all-women’s institution that is scheduled to be closed in August, has been granted a temporary reprieve.
June 9, 2015
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Community Colleges
University of Oklahoma to Require Freshman Diversity Class
NORMAN, Okla. ― University of Oklahoma freshmen will now be required to take a five-hour course dealing with diversity issues before completing their first year of college.
June 9, 2015
Students
Honoring Cultural Traditions of Native Graduates
Native graduates receive their eagle feathers and plumes and proudly wear them on their graduation caps or tied in their hair.
June 9, 2015
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African-American
Report: Calif. Community Colleges Can Expect Surge in Black Enrollment
Only 31 percent of Black high school graduates in California took the sequence of coursework required to apply for a four-year public university in California in 2013.
June 8, 2015
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Leadership & Policy
Lamb Named Interim Chancellor of City College of San Francisco
Art Tyler has stepped down as chancellor of the City College of San Francisco and Susan Lamb has been named as the interim successor.
June 8, 2015
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