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Leadership & Policy
Board of Metropolitan Community College Asks Chairman to Quit
OMAHA, Neb. ― The board of a community college in Omaha has voted to ask its chairman to resign. The Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors voted 6-4 Tuesday night to ask Fred Conley to resign from his position as chairman of the board, the Omaha World-Herald reported. “His resignation is absolutely necessary to protect […]
July 27, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Judge: Bevin’s Order Replacing University of Louisville Board ‘Problematic’
FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A state judge said it is “problematic” for Kentucky’s Republican governor to entirely replace the University of Louisville board of trustees, calling into question the new board’s authority on the day it was scheduled to meet to discuss its billion dollar budget and the fate of its embattled president. Gov. Matt Bevin […]
July 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Louisville President Doesn’t Offer Resignation as New Board Meets
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ― University of Louisville President James Ramsey’s status remained in limbo Wednesday when the embattled campus leader failed to immediately follow through on his pledge to offer his resignation to the school’s new governing board. The reorganized board of trustees ― formed last month when Gov. Matt Bevin disbanded the former board amid […]
July 13, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Michigan College President Could be Fired Over Spending
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — A college in southwestern Michigan says the school’s new president was suspended and could be fired because of unapproved spending and improper management. Jennifer Spielvogel was suspended with pay Friday at Lake Michigan College, near Benton Harbor. She started in January after working at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Lake Michigan […]
April 13, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Arizona President Keeping Controversial Job at For-profit DeVry
TUCSON, Ariz. — The president of Arizona’s second-largest university continues to face criticism over a side job as a board member for the company that operates DeVry University, a for-profit school facing a lawsuit from the federal government alleging that it misled students about job prospects. The University of Arizona’s Ann Weaver Hart took the […]
April 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Thought Leader
Diverse salutes community college pioneer Terry O’Banion, the 2016 recipient of the Diverse Champion Award.
April 4, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Politicians Sometimes Say the Strangest Things
Primaries and caucuses are events that are happening almost every week now
March 31, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Baccalaureate Degrees in Growing Demand at Community Colleges
The Innovations conference’s opening general session in Chicago on Sunday focused on the growing trend to offer baccalaureate degrees at select community colleges across the country.
March 21, 2016
Students
Chairman of University Steps Down After President’s Comments
The chairman of Mount St. Mary’s University has resigned and the Board of Trustees has elected its first female leader following a furor over the former president’s comments likening struggling freshmen at the Maryland Catholic college to bunnies that should be drowned, the school announced Tuesday. John E. Coyne III said in a statement that […]
March 15, 2016
Faculty & Staff
CUPA Report Shows Small Gains for Senior Administrator Salaries
Senior administrator salaries saw small gains across the board in 2015-16, according to a survey released Monday by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
March 14, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Republican Senators Say ED Overreaching on Title IX
Republican senators said that the education department is overstepping its bounds in enforcing colleges and universities’ compliance with the guidance issued in regards to instances of sexual assault on campus.
March 10, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Letter Reveals Government’s Earlier Reaction to UVa Probe
By Associated Press WASHINGTON —In a previously secret letter that was later withdrawn, federal officials censured the University of Virginia over issues of sexual violence on campus. The Washington Post reports officials last year concluded the university had “abdicated” its legal responsibility to act on reports of sexual violence within the school’s powerful Greek system […]
March 6, 2016
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