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Faculty & Staff

Ohio State University: Fired Band Director Was Dishonest

The university’s fired band director witnessed more sexually charged incidents than previously reported, school attorneys said in response to his lawsuit.

October 23, 2014

Leadership & Policy

South Carolina State Still Owes $6.5M on Unpaid Bills

South Carolina State University still owes $6.5 million on bills and needs more help from the state to move forward, President Thomas Elzey told the Budget and Control Board on Tuesday.

October 14, 2014

Students

Virginia Wesleyan Sued Over Sexual Assault

NORFOLK, Va. ― A former student has sued Virginia Wesleyan College, claiming that she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2012 and that the college allowed her attacker to voluntarily leave the school so he could enroll elsewhere.

October 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

With Its Vital Signs Weakening, Wilberforce University Calls In a Specialist

Algeania Warren Freeman has no illusions about why she was named the 20th president of Wilberforce University.

October 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Iran’s President Calls for Greater Academic Freedom

President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called for more academic freedom in Iran’s universities, saying restrictions stifle innovation and breed sycophancy.

October 7, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Reid Retiring as President of University of Saint Joseph

Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid, who has served as president of the University of Saint Joseph since January 2008, announced that she plans to retire upon completion of her contract and the 2014-’15 academic year.

October 6, 2014

Students

Rodriquez Continues to Make Parents’ Investment in Education Pay Off

New president of Queens College of The City University of New York hasn’t forgotten his roots and remains committed to being an agent of change.

October 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Roderick Smothers Selected as Philander Smith College’s President

Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, who currently serves as vice president for institutional advancement and development at Huston-Tillotson University, has been tapped to lead Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.

October 2, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Wilberforce University Names Veteran Educator Freeman as President

The nation’s oldest historically Black private university named an educator and college administrator on Monday to serve as its president as it struggles with financial and other issues.

September 29, 2014

Leadership & Policy

HBCU Advocates Riding Wave of Wariness Over Proposed College Ratings System

In wake of Parent Plus loan “debacle,” Department of Education trying to quell anxiety as it moves toward the anticipated rollout of the system.

September 23, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Man Acquitted in Fatal Dorm Fire to Lose Teaching Credentials

A man who was acquitted in a fatal Kentucky dormitory fire has agreed to surrender his Missouri teaching and administrator licenses after he was accused of lying about his past to obtain the credentials, according to a settlement agreement in the case.

September 14, 2014

Students

WWU President Won’t Be Offering Budget Cut Ideas

Every two years for at least a decade, the governor and the Legislature have asked public university and college presidents to project what kind.

September 14, 2014