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Students

Maine Community College System President Fitzsimmons Resigns

AUGUSTA, Maine — With Gov. Paul LePage trying to restrict funding and threatening “further harm,” Maine Community College System President John Fitzsimmons announced Wednesday that he’s stepping down, saying it’s in the best interest of students and staff.

January 14, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Ringleader in FAMU Hazing Death Sentenced to 6 Years

A former Florida A&M University band member was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for manslaughter and felony hazing in the death of a drum major, making him the first to receive prison time in the case.

January 11, 2015

Students

Diverse on the Go

Diverse Staff Writer Catherine Morris is attending the Modern Language Association’s 130th Annual Convention through this weekend in Vancouver.

January 9, 2015

Home

University of Wyoming Faculty Want More Women on Board of Trustees

Faculty at the University of Wyoming are asking Gov. Matt Mead to appoint more women to the school’s board of trustees.

December 29, 2014

Sports

Friends University Plans New Tuition Strategy

Friends University in Wichita is planning a new tuition strategy that it hopes will encourage more students to graduate in four years.

December 29, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Illinois Faculty: Reconsider Professor’s Job

A committee of University of Illinois faculty members is recommending that the school reconsider its decision to rescind a job once offered to a Native American studies professor.

December 23, 2014

Students

University of Kansas Fraternity to Remain of Interim Suspension

The interim suspension of a University of Kansas fraternity has been extended while the school and Lawrence police investigate allegations of sexual assaults at the chapter house on the Lawrence campus.

December 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education: Identifying the Senior Team

There are big changes coming in American higher education. College and university governance must accommodate these changes and shape rather than be shaped by them.

December 3, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University board

Bill Cosby resigned Monday as a trustee of Temple University following a string of allegations that accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting women over many years.

December 1, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Others in Higher Ed Should Take High Road on Cosby

Despite hundreds of thousands donated, University of Massachusetts becomes latest to distance itself from the embattled entertainer.

November 30, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Virginia State University Names Hammond Interim President

Hampton University Provost Pamela Valleria Wilson Hammond has been named interim president of Virginia State University.

November 13, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Education Think Tank Head Quits After Flawed Study

A Tulane University institute that studies changes in public education in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina announced the resignation of its executive director Monday, weeks after retracting a study on the city’s public high schools.

November 10, 2014