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Leadership & Policy

Knoxville College President-Elect Starts At A Different Institution

This week, Dr. Earl Yarbrough Sr. is finally occupying the seat he’s sought most of his professional life — the one belonging to a historically Black university president.

July 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Florida A&M’s new president, James Ammons, Will Try to Save School’s Reputation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Ten years ago, Florida A&M University was on top of the academic world, celebrated as one of America’s top universities after being chosen college of the year by Time magazine and the Princeton Review.

June 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

130 year-old Alaska college to suspend operations for one year

ANCHORAGE Alaska A 130-year-old college in Sitka is suspending academic operations for one year because it is about $6 million in debt, a choice made by its Board of Trustees.

June 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Tuition, Financial Aid Going Up for New Hampshire University System

DURHAM N.H. Tuition and financial aid are going up for students of New Hampshire’s university system.

June 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff to Take Position With University of Louisiana System

BATON ROUGE La. One of Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s top assistants is leaving the governor’s office to take a position with the University of Louisiana System.

June 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Tennessee Board of Regents’ finance committee approves tuition increase

JACKSON Tenn. The Tennessee Board of Regents Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday to approve a 6 percent tuition increase.

June 27, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Board approves tuition hike at community colleges

FAIRFIELD Maine Tuition at the state’s seven community colleges will go up by 2.5 percent next year under a plan approved Wednesday by the Maine Community College System board of trustees.

June 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Sporting a new look – Historically Black colleges and universities promote sports

There is a new dimension to athletics that is taking shape at some of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

June 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of the District of Columbia: truncated, but still alive – huge cuts proposed to save the university

In order to survive, the University of the District of Columbia — which has already had furloughs and delays in opening — faces the loss of more than one hundred faculty members and serious cuts in its programs.

June 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Central State University: what happened? – financial crisis in Central State University, Ohio

WILBERFORCE, OHIO Dr. Herman B. Smith Jr. stepped onto Central State University’s campus in early 1995 with hope, ambition and a clear idea of the task he faced.

June 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

College of Santa Fe’s interim president gets the job fulltime

SANTA FE Stuart Kirk, interim president of the College of Santa Fe since mid-May, will serve as the school’s full-time president.

June 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman Resigns

ITTA BENA, Miss. Dr. Lester C. Newman, the embattled president of Mississippi Valley State University, announced his resignation Friday, effective July 15.

June 24, 2007