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Wichita State Chapel Change to Help Muslims Draws Complaints

WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State University has announced plans to review changes to a campus chapel after critics took aim at the university for renovating the space to accommodate Muslims. The Wichita Eagle reports the university in May renovated the Harvey D. Grace Memorial Chapel and removed the tiny altar and pews after Muslims at […]

October 7, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Kingston Provides Backdrop for Scholars to Convene

Leaders from all over gather in Kingston, Jamaica, for the International Colloquium of Black Males in Education.

October 7, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Diversifying Higher Ed Still a Challenge

Recruiting and retaining faculty of color takes sustained administrative effort, experts say.

October 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

USF Bike-sharing Program Offering Free Rides to Students

More than 1,300 University of South Florida students have signed up for the university’s recently launched bicycling-sharing program.

October 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Stepping Down

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Friday that he is stepping down in December, setting in motion a swift transition of power within the department.

October 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

SIAC, NFL Enter Officiating Partnership

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Wednesday announced a new agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to provide training and professional development for conference referees.

September 30, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Novelist Quits Teaching at Phoenix College Over Loyalty Oath

PHOENIX — A crime novelist and poet quit his job teaching creative writing at Phoenix College because of a longstanding state requirement for public employees to sign a loyalty oath. Former adjunct faculty member James Sallis said the oath is a violation of his privacy and civil rights, and asks him to violate the constitution, […]

September 29, 2015

Students

U.S. Colleges Seek to Integrate Chinese Students Better

The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them integrate.

September 29, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Group Censures Incoming University of Iowa President

Faculty leaders in the University of Iowa’s largest college have voted to censure the incoming school president over inaccuracies on his resume.

September 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ALBERT LEWIS JR.

ALBERT LEWIS JR. has been appointed vice president of economic and workforce development at Bellevue College. Lewis was dean of corporate, community and continuing education at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. He holds a bachelor’s from Marshall University and a master’s from the University of Akron.

September 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

WANDA K. LAWRENCE

WANDA K. LAWRENCE has been appointed chair of the Department of Nursing at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). She was a full professor at Winston-Salem State University. Lawrence earned a bachelor’s from NCCU, a master’s from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a doctorate from Capella University.

September 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ELIZABETH G. LOBOA

ELIZABETH G. LOBOA has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, effective October 15. She is a professor of material science and engineering and a director of the Cell Mechanics Laboratory at North Carolina State University. Loboa also is associate chair and a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the joint program operated by North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Davis, and a master’s and a doctorate from Stanford University.

September 24, 2015