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Leadership & Policy

S.C. State Decides Not To Renew President’s Contract

The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees has decided not to renew the contract of president Andrew Hugine. The board met by telephone Tuesday and decided to let Hugine go based on his most recent performance review and an academic review of the university done in May. Hugine became president of South Carolina State […]

December 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Meharry’s Persistence Pays Off

Alumnus’ son takes helm of medical college.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Ousted Sprint Executive Said to be Candidate to Head University of Missouri

KANSAS CITY Mo. The search for the next University of Missouri president is down to a single finalist.

November 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Mobile Students Rally to Support Teen Who Received Racist Letter

MOBILE Ala. About 100 students at St. Paul’s Episcopal School stood outside in the courtyard to show their support for a black classmate who received a racist, threatening letter in her locker this week.

November 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Dixie State College Ready to Surrender Name, Mascot

ST. GEORGE Utah Dixie State College is taking its first step to giving up its formal name and “Rebel” mascot as a condition of its affiliation with the University of Utah, which says its doesn’t want to be associated with stereotypes of the Old South.

November 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Kansas Education Leaders Back Creating Coordinating Council

TOPEKA Kan. State education officials are giving their support to creation of a council to coordinate the teaching of Kansas students from preschool to college and technical and career training.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas School Board Member Wants Curriculum to Include More Hispanics

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A Texas State Board of Education member said Monday that upcoming revisions to the state’s core public school curriculum must include lessons on historical contributions made by Hispanics, women and American Indians.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Utah Valley State College Approves First Master’s Degree for Utah Valley University

OREM, Utah Utah Valley State College has taken a big first step toward its new status as a university.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Shooting Victim Honored at Memorial Service

DOVER, Del. In music and words, the Delaware State University community on Thursday honored a student mortally wounded in a campus shooting, but the most striking words may have come from the victim herself.

November 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Some Dixie State College Alumni Balk at University of Utah Union

ST. GEORGE Utah A University of Utah-proposed affiliation with Dixie State College comes with a handful of ironclad conditions but not every Dixie supporter likes the deal.

November 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Luna Community College to Pay Legal Bills of Former President

LAS VEGAS, N.M. Luna Community College has agreed to pay the legal bills of its former interim president, who in return will drop any possible claims he may have against the college, said its current interim president, Dr. Sigfredo Maestas.

November 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Iowa Regent Wants to Limit Corporate Names on Campus

IOWA CITY Iowa The president pro tem of the Iowa Board of Regents wants to limit the use of corporate names on university buildings.

October 30, 2007