Monica Levitan (EDU)News RoundupNewbury College Announces Campus Closure, Citing Financial ProblemsNewbury College, a small liberal arts school located in Brookline, Massachusetts that was put on probation in August over financial concerns, has announced it will close its doors at the end of the spring semester. Newbury president Dr. Joseph Chillo made the announcement in a note to students on Friday after students had left the […]December 16, 2018News RoundupGeorgia State President Named ACE Board ChairDr. Mark P. Becker, current president of Georgia State University (GSU), has been named chair of the American Council on Education (ACE) Board of Directors, effective March 2019. ACE is a major coordinating organization for all higher ed institutions around the country that represents almost 1,700 college and university presidents and education associations. During his […]December 16, 2018Latest NewsUNC Board Rejects Plan for Silent Sam LocationThe University of North Carolina (UNC) System Board of Governors has rejected a proposal that UNC-Chapel Hill create a $5.3 million history center where the Confederate statue ‘Silent Sam’ would permanently reside.December 16, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Delaware School of Public Policy Renamed After Joe BidenThe University of Delaware (UD) has renamed its public policy school after former U.S. Vice President, Delaware senator and alumni Joe Biden. The school, now called the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, will further initiatives in public policy areas like health policy and management, social and urban policy, energy and […]December 13, 2018Leadership & PolicyDr. Kelli Armstrong Appointed Next President of Salve Regina UniversityDr. Kelli Armstrong, currently vice president for planning and assessment at Boston College (BC), has been named president of Salve Regina University, effective June 2019. Armstrong will be the first female president of the university. Salve Regina University is a Catholic liberal arts institution that’s sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and has a total […]December 13, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Cincinnati to Evaluate College of Arts and Sciences NamesakeThe University of Cincinnati’s college of arts and sciences will review whether it should keep Charles McMicken’s name for the college after its student government voted to remove the name of the slave owning businessman who donated property and funding to the city of Cincinnati to establish an institution where “White boys and girls might be […]December 13, 2018News RoundupUT Dallas Bans Student Accused of Rape from CampusJacob Anderson, a former fraternity president at Baylor University who was accused of rape, has been banned from the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). where he is currently a student. On Wednesday, university president Dr. Richard Benson published a statement on Twitter stating that Anderson is not allowed on campus as a student or […]December 13, 2018News RoundupLoyola University New Orleans Placed on Year-Long ProbationLoyola University New Orleans has been put on a year-long probation by the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) after a review of the university’s latest financial performance history. In a statement released on Dec. 11, university president Tania Tetlow said the probation is to ensure that the university balances its […]December 12, 2018News RoundupVirginia State President to Honor Daughter at Winter CommencementOn December 15, Virginia State University (VSU) president Dr. Makola M. Abdullah will recognize more than 300 graduates during the winter graduation ceremony. One graduate in particular is special to Abdullah, his daughter, Sefiyetu. Sefiyetu Abdullah, 19, will be one of the youngest graduates in the VSU Class of 2018, graduating with summa cum laude […]December 12, 2018News RoundupMorgan State President Announces New Goals to Further University’s MissionDr. David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, has announced new goals aligned to its strategic plan over the next five years. The new goals focus on university housing, graduation and retention rates, study abroad, enrollment, research, partnerships, new businesses and resources, according to Morgan State University News. At the beginning of the 2018-19 school year, […]December 12, 2018Previous PagePage 35 of 58Next Page
