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Leadership & Policy

FAMU Restructuring Plan Would Shut Down Numerous Programs

Faced with mounting financial challenges, Florida A&M University President James Ammons announced a major academic overhaul, proposing to close or merge about two dozen programs.

March 28, 2011

Leadership & Policy

UMES President Thelma Thompson Announces Retirement

Her decision ends a nine-year tenure at the state’s lone 1890 land-grant university.

March 16, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Regents Backs Consolidation of SUNO/UNO Management

Louisiana’s top higher education board has voted to back a consolidation of Southern University at New Orleans and the University of New Orleans under a new management structure.

March 15, 2011

Leadership & Policy

News Analysis: Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Regents Short on Diversity

By pushing out a 14-year-member of the Board of Regents to make room for a minority appointee, Gov. Bobby Jindal is acknowledging it doesn’t look good to pack the state’s top higher education board with White members.

March 14, 2011

Leadership & Policy

New Jindal Regents Appointee to Miss SUNO/UNO Board Meeting

Dr. Albert Sam II, a Black surgeon, was named to the Regents Board by Gov. Bobby Jindal after the governor pushed out a longtime White member of the board amid complaints about the lack of diversity on the panel.

March 13, 2011

Leadership & Policy

UDC Board May Ask President to Repay Part of Air Fare Costs

University leaders say UDC policy does not normally cover the costs of luxury accommodations such as first-class travel.

March 10, 2011

Leadership & Policy

La. Regents’ Racial Makeup Factors in SUNO-UNO Merger Push

The Louisiana state constitution requires the board to reflect the racial and gender makeup of the state, which is about 37 percent minority.

February 22, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Regents Discuss Possible SUNO/UNO Merger

A consultant studying the possible merger of the University of New Orleans with Southern University at New Orleans says he’s not ready to make recommendations but indicates that the status quo isn’t serving students well.

February 8, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Spends Almost $4 Million on Lawyers in 5 Years

Alabama State University spent almost $4 million on private attorneys since October 2005, while a nearby school with almost equal enrollment spent less than $500,000 on outside lawyers during the same time period.

February 7, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Maryland Lawsuit Targets Undocumented Students’ Local Tuition Break

A Maryland community college is facing a lawsuit over its policy to provide low “in-county” tuition rates to any recent graduate of a local high school regardless of immigration status.

February 3, 2011

Students

Expected National Merger of Student Affairs Organizations Facing Opposition From Within

Past presidents of national group introduce resolution to block vote for merger with another student affairs association.

January 12, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Reinvented New Jersey College Embraces Minority Identity

Faced with changing demographics, Bloomfield College stays true to its mission by embracing its status as a predominantly Black institution.

December 20, 2010