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Leadership & Policy

University of Connecticut Settles Sex Assault Lawsuit

The University of Connecticut will pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit by five women who alleged the school did not take seriously their claims of sexual assaults on campus.

July 20, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Former Professor Wins Legal Victory in Drug Case

A northwest Missouri prosecutor said he will appeal a judge’s ruling that quashed a search warrant for a former university professor’s home where a marijuana-growing operation was found last year after the educator posted insensitive remarks on Facebook.

July 17, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Union Pulls UNCF Support in Wake of $25M Koch Gift

WASHINGTON ― A powerful government workers’ union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the group accepted $25 million from the conservative powerhouse Koch brothers and the college fund’s president appeared at a Koch event. In a letter made public last Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees […]

July 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Tumult at University of Texas May Hurt Hiring of New Leaders

It could complicate a search for two of the most powerful higher education jobs in the state: a new UT system chancellor and a president of the 50,000-student flagship campus.

July 13, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State AIDS Research Team Loses $1.38M Grant

An AIDS research team at Iowa State University will not get a final payment of $1.38 million it had been awarded from the National Institutes of Health after a team member admitted last year to faking research results.

July 8, 2014

Students

Marshall Rose Voted New President of AAAED

The membership of the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED) has selected Marshall Rose of Toledo, Ohio, as its president.

July 7, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Source: University of Texas President Powers’ Resignation Demanded

University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa told University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers that he must resign or he will be fired, a person with direct knowledge of the conversation told The Associated Press on Friday.

July 6, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Southern University System Names McClinton as Interim Chancellor

The Southern University System Board of Supervisors selected Flandus McClinton Jr. to serve as acting chancellor for Southern University Baton Rouge.

June 30, 2014

Leadership & Policy

DA Mulls Dropping Ex-UNC Professor’s Fraud Charge

Julius Nyang’oro is embroiled in a scandal involving academics and athletics.

June 24, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Alum Donates School-Record $3M to Huston-Tillotson University

Huston-Tillotson University alum Ada Cecilia Collins Anderson donated $3 million to her alma mater Monday.

June 24, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Randolph-Macon College’s Less Heralded Congressional Candidate Puts Education Atop Agenda

Democratic nominee Jack Trammell will take on fellow Randolph-Macon professor David Brat, who barreled into the political spotlight with an upset of incumbent Eric Cantor, in Virginia’s seventh district race.

June 17, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Those Who Lived It See Unresolved Issues of Brown v. BOE Today

The panel, “Educational Success for Black Men and Boys in a Post Brown v. Board of Education Era,” addressed issues of continuing inequality in the U.S. school system at the Rayburn House.

June 1, 2014