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Students

Will Diversity Factor in the Reshaping the Illinois Board of Trustees?

Making up just 6.2 percent of the student body at Illinois’ flagship institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Black students have long been under-represented.

August 27, 2009

Faculty & Staff

CHANGING COURSE

The University of the District of Columbia’s problems are so deep and longstanding that some people thought it would take a rocket scientist to figure them out.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami Attorney Larry R. Handfield joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for the trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the schools money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Building the Bridge to Obama

White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and the Obama administration.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Building the Bridge to the Obama Administration

New White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and Obama.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami attorney Larry R. Handfi eld joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the school’s money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Changing Course

University of the District of Columbia’s president has proposed some radical changes that some worry will send UDC in the wrong direction.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Georgia colleges to furlough employees 6 days

The Georgia Board of Regents approved the mandatory unpaid leave for about 40,000 employees Wednesday as a way to save the University System of Georgia about $42 million.  According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the furloughs are among a series of cuts facing the system’s 35 colleges as Georgia suffers through the current economic crisis. […]

August 12, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Regents Meet to Hear Report on College Cuts

Georgia’s state colleges and universities are expected to report Wednesday on how they plan to deal with expected budget cuts.  According to firstnewscoast.com, the report will come during the state Board of Regents meeting in Atlanta starting at 8:30 a.m. Each of the state’s 35 campuses has been asked to submit plans for 4 percent, […]

August 11, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Quinn gives UI trustees ‘a few more days’ to resign

Gov. Pat Quinn says he will give the remaining University of Illinois trustees “a few more days” to heed his call that they resign before he takes any action.  According to the News-Gazette, Quinn, who spoke Tuesday after a bill-signing in Chicago, would not speculate beyond that, but repeated his belief that all trustees should […]

August 11, 2009

Leadership & Policy

UI trustee Shah heeds panel’s call, offers resignation

The chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees stepped down from the board on Monday, following calls for trustees to resign by the state commission investigating claims trustees and politicians pressured the university to admit some applicants.  According to the News-Gazette, Niranjan Shah of Oak Brook, appointed to the board in 2003 and […]

August 3, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Texas colleges’ math-science push falling short, board says

Texas colleges and universities aren’t coming close to meeting goals to increase graduates from math and science programs and enroll more Hispanic students, according to a report released Thursday.  That comes from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s annual “Closing the Gaps by 2015” report presented in Austin, The Dallas Morning News reported.  © Copyright […]

July 30, 2009