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Leadership & Policy

SIU discloses Poshard’s contract as university system’s president

Details of Glenn Poshard’s contract as president of the 35,000-student Southern Illinois University system:

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Series of tuition hikes continues for Alaska’s university system

ANCHORAGE Alaska Tuition at University of Alaska campuses will continue rising for at least the next two school years, according to a unanimous board of regents decision Wednesday.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Blumenthal now UC Santa Cruz’s permanent chancellor

SANTA CRUZ Calif. Astrophysicist George Blumenthal, acting chancellor for 14 months at University of California, Santa Cruz, was named the school’s permanent chancellor.

September 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Alabama president marries in small, private ceremony

TUSCALOOSA Ala. After the University of Alabama board of trustees meeting, President Robert Witt had some personal business to attend to.

September 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Cal State trustees raise executive pay by nearly 12 percent

BERKELEY Calif. Despite criticism from lawmakers and others, California State University leaders moved ahead Wednesday with substantial pay raises for top executives.

September 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

2 NY education administrators are finalists for Florida education commissioner

TAMPA Fla. A current state education chancellor and two New York administrators with Florida ties were selected Tuesday as finalists for state education commissioner.

September 17, 2007

Leadership & Policy

CSU, UC leaders consider financial issues this week

BERKELEY Calif. Higher education leaders tackle financial issues this week with California State University trustees considering paying top brass more while University of California officials look at raising professional school fees.

September 17, 2007

Leadership & Policy

SIU names faculty members to review plagiarism claims against Poshard

CARBONDALE Ill. Seven senior Southern Illinois University faculty members will investigate allegations of plagiarism against the system’s president, the school’s chancellor announced Friday.

September 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Remembering Little Rock

Ten years ago, Sharon M. Draper was honored as National Teacher of the Year.

September 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

In Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky Institutions

The labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.

September 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Disappearing Acts: The Vanishing Black Male On Community College Campuses

Many consider community colleges “open door” institutions, denoting their unique role of providing an affordable and quality education for the masses.

August 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown Taps New High-Profile Board of Corporate Leaders

Morris Brown has addressed several issues that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools cited when it yanked the college’s accreditation in 2002. But Morris Brown still has to show that it’s fiscally stable and that’s where many of the school’s new trustees, including executives who can attract corporate dollars, come in.

August 19, 2007