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Leadership & Policy

Sweet Briar College to Close Because of Financial Issues

Sweet Briar College will shut down this summer because of financial issues.

March 3, 2015

Leadership & Policy

University President Tapped to Head Philadelphia Fed

The head of the University of Delaware has been selected to be the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

March 2, 2015

Leadership & Policy

University of North Carolina Board Votes to Kill Poverty Center

North Carolina public university leaders have voted to kill an anti-poverty center headed by a sharp critic of Republican lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory.

March 1, 2015

Students

Barbara Walters Donates $15M to Sarah Lawrence College

Journalism giant and Sarah Lawrence College alumna Barbara Walters is donating $15 million to her alma mater to establish The Barbara Walters Campus Center.

February 26, 2015

Leadership & Policy

‘Forgotten’ Latino Scholar Finally Gets Hometown Recognition

Years after leaving New Mexico in disgrace, a noted Mexican American scholar and civil rights advocate whose name graces educational institutions in Texas and California but until recently was virtually unknown in his hometown of Albuquerque finally will be honored in his birth city.

February 19, 2015

Leadership & Policy

University of North Carolina Panel Recommends Closing 3 Centers

A panel at the University of North Carolina panel is recommending the elimination of three university centers, including one whose director has been an outspoken critic of Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican lawmakers.

February 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

La Salle University Picks First Layperson, Female President

After 152 years of brothers at the helm, La Salle University has appointed a lay woman as its president.

February 17, 2015

Students

Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’

The barriers to the solutions are politics, race, intransigence, corruption and political dysfunction.

February 16, 2015

Students

Yale Fraternity Banned for Sex Misconduct Policy Violation

A fraternity has been banned from Yale University’s campus for two years over an initiation ceremony that violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy, the Ivy League university announced Friday.

February 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Happy President’s Day for HBCUs? Not Likely

You would think with the first Black president in our country’s history, there would be more of a lovey-dovey relationship with HBCUs. Apparently not. “President Obama was critical of Historically Black Colleges and Universities during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week according to several in attendance. The February 10 meeting was […]

February 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons at South Dakota Colleges Moves to House

Over the objections of some student representatives and South Dakota’s Board of Regents, a legislative panel approved Thursday and sent to the full state House a proposal to allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university campuses.

February 12, 2015

Leadership & Policy

S.C. State Board Stands by President Despite Call for Ouster

The trustees of financially troubled South Carolina State University stood behind embattled President Thomas Elzey on Thursday, even as legislators proposed ousting the entire board along with Elzey.

February 12, 2015