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Leadership & Policy

Four Finalists for President of S. Louisiana Tech College

BATON ROUGE, La. ― A North Carolina community college official and former official of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System is among finalists for president of Fletcher Technical Community College in south Louisiana. Two finalists already work at Fletcher, in Schriever ― about 60 miles west-southwest of New Orleans ― and the fourth is […]

November 13, 2015

Students

Campus Marches Over Student Debt Held Coast-to-Coast

BERKELEY, Calif. ― Students at the University of California, Berkeley and more than a hundred other colleges and universities staged marches Thursday in support of free tuition, a $15 minimum wage for campus workers and the cancellation of debt from student loans. Known as the Million Student March, the demonstrations at schools from Massachusetts to […]

November 13, 2015

Students

In Case You Missed It…

Where Are All the Black College Faculty? R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line

November 12, 2015

Students

Four National Groups to Oppose Laws Allowing Guns on Campuses

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Four national groups representing college educators and trustees said Thursday they would fight a growing push in state legislatures to allow people to carry concealed guns on campuses. The groups also called for the repeal of measures in several states that already allow for so-called campus carry, arguing that academic institutions […]

November 12, 2015

Students

Howard University Warns of Online Threat to School, Students

WASHINGTON ― Authorities are investigating an online threat against Howard University and its students. In a message to the university community Thursday, President Wayne A. I. Frederick said school officials are aware of the threat and are working with local and federal law enforcement on the “serious matter.” He says the school has increased security […]

November 12, 2015

Students

Regents Approve Albany State, Darton State Merger

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the merger of Albany State University and Darton State College, a move pushed forward by system Chancellor Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby. Huckaby, who presides over 30 public colleges and universities across the state and oversees an $8.1 billion annual budget, says that […]

November 11, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Regents Approve Albany State, Darton State Merger

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the merger of Albany State University and Darton State College, a move pushed forward by system Chancellor Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby.

November 11, 2015

Students

R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student

We should all be finally noticing the new — really the old — Black student activism and it’s been a long time coming.

November 11, 2015

Sports

Yale University Officials Respond to Discrimination Concerns

Yale University officials have responded to complaints regarding a perceived antagonistic atmosphere toward minority students at the prestigious Ivy League institution.

November 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CINDY D. KAM

CINDY D. KAM was named William R. Kenan Jr. Chair in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. She also serves as senior associate dean for faculty in the College of Arts and Science and is the director of the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Laboratory at Vanderbilt. Kam holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

November 4, 2015

Community Colleges

MILAGROS PEÑA

MILAGROS PEÑA has been appointed dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. She was associate dean for behavioral and social sciences at the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Peña earned a bachelor’s from Iona College in New York, a master’s from the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and a master’s degree and a doctorate from Stony Brook University of the State University of New York.

November 4, 2015

Community Colleges

DAVID M. STEELE-FIGUEREDO

DAVID M. STEELE-FIGUEREDO has been named president of Woodbury University, effective Nov. 16. He was dean of San Jose State University’s Lucas College & Graduate School of Business. He earned a bachelor’s and a doctorate from Birmingham University in England.

November 4, 2015