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Leadership & Policy

Key Regents Weren’t Told About U. of Iowa Official’s Incident

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Regents responsible for overseeing campus safety issues at the University of Iowa say they were never told about an incident in which the school’s public safety director is accused of interfering and lying during a hit-and-run investigation of his stepson. Leaders of the Iowa Board of Regents’ subcommittee on campus safety […]

March 1, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Joseph Continues to Bridge Eras of Social Change

James A. Joseph says that a friend of his sums up his life thusly: “It’s interesting to see that wherever you were, you were always a troublemaker.”

March 1, 2016

Faculty & Staff

University of Oregon President Plans Faculty Shakeup

EUGENE, Ore. ― University of Oregon President Michael Schill ― entering his ninth month as president ― is getting to the painful nub of his organizational shakeup. Some tenured faculty are carrying skimpy teaching loads compared with others, Schill wrote in a recent memo addressed to the campus community. Some departments hire more non-tenure track […]

February 29, 2016

Students

Mount St. Mary’s President Brings it to Tumultuous Crossroads

EMMITSBURG, Md. ― Everyone at Mount St. Mary’s University eats at Patriot Hall ― students, faculty and even President Simon Newman. But the other day, hours after Newman rejected the faculty’s demand to resign, the airy, glass-walled cafeteria split into two groups ― those who supported the college president and those angered by his number-crunching […]

February 18, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Board Reprimands College President for Plagiarism

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ― Trustees of an Iowa community college have reprimanded the school president for plagiarizing a portion of his Martin Luther King Day speech last month. Last week the Kirkwood Community College board approved a motion expressing its disappointment that President Mick Starcevich didn’t attribute the source of an anecdote he used. It […]

February 15, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of New Orleans Panel Trimming List of its Presidential Finalists

NEW ORLEANS ― A University of New Orleans search committee will hold interviews Wednesday through Friday with candidates to lead the school. The committee will choose at least two finalists on Friday and University of Louisiana System supervisors expect to choose a president next week. Deputy New Orleans Mayor Andrew Kopplin and UNO provost and […]

February 15, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Wellesley College Names Paula Johnson as President

Wellesley College announced today it had selected Dr. Paula A. Johnson as its 14th president, making her the first African-American woman to lead the school that was founded in 1870.

February 11, 2016

Students

Georgetown University Revamps Diversity Initiatives

The nation’s oldest Catholic university has initiated a wide range of sweeping reforms in an effort to address racial inequities both on and off campus.

February 7, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Stanford Names Tessier-Lavigne as Next President

PALO ALTO, Calif. ― Stanford University’s governing board has named a neuroscientist who leads a prestigious graduate school in New York City as the California university’s next president. The Board of Trustees announced that Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of The Rockefeller University, will become Stanford’s 11th president on Sept. 1. Tessier-Lavigne will succeed President John Hennessy, […]

February 4, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Last Black University of Missouri Curator Steps Down

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― A second Black member of the University of Missouri system’s governing board has resigned in a week, leaving no minority representation on the panel as the Columbia campus tries to mend from racial unrest. Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday confirmed the David Steward’s departure, which leaves three vacancies on the nine-member board. […]

February 1, 2016

Students

Former Missouri System President Criticizes School Leaders

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― Former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe is criticizing most officials involved in turmoil at the university’s Columbia campus last year that led to his resignation. The Columbia Daily Tribune obtained an email Wolfe sent to friends after he resigned Nov. 9 following protests aimed mostly at his handling of racial […]

January 27, 2016

Faculty & Staff

LSU Says Budget Cuts Would Force Widespread Layoffs

By Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU would have widespread layoffs, course eliminations and program closures across its campuses if the university system is forced to make the cuts under consideration by state officials, according to a budget reduction plan released Monday. Higher education leaders have been asked by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration […]

January 26, 2016