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Leadership & Policy

Cal State Seeks Education Doctorate to Meet Growing Student Population

Cal State Seeks Education Doctorate to Meet Growing Student PopulationLONG BEACH, Calif. After 41 years of producing many of California’s teachers, the nation’s largest public university system wants to help address the state’s education crisis by offering doctorates in that field. California State University does not independently offer education doctorates, which some experts see as […]

April 11, 2001

Leadership & Policy

UT May Get Funds for Weekend, Evening College

UT May Get Funds for Weekend, Evening College CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. University of Tennessee President J. Wade Gilley has proposed establishing a metropolitan college that would cater to part-time and commuter students. The college, which would be a part of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, would offer weekend and evening classes at off-campus sites. The […]

April 11, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Central State Rewards President With New Contract

Central State Rewards President With New ContractWILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University’s trustees have rewarded university President John Garland’s rebuilding efforts with a three-year extension of his contract, a raise to $170,000 a year and a financial incentive to remain at CSU.   Garland’s contract, which had been scheduled to expire in August 2002, now extends through […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Columbia, NYU to Begin Searching for New Leadership

Columbia, NYU to Begin Searching for New LeadershipNEW YORK Two of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning — Columbia University and New York University — said earlier this month that they will be searching for new leadership following announcements that their presidents will step down next year. Columbia University President George Rupp made […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Howard University Alumnus Pledges $5 Million to Alma Mater

Howard University Alumnus Pledges $5 Million to Alma Mater WASHINGTONDuring Howard University’s Charter Day ceremonies held in early March, Howard Alumnus Frank Savage, chairman of Alliance Capital Management International and chairman of the Howard University Board of Trustees, announced a $5 million pledge to the university, which would be the largest donation from a Howard […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

SAT Boot Camp Teaches Students the Rules of the Test-Taking Game

SAT Boot Camp Teaches Students the Rules of the Test-Taking GameClemson, S.C.‘If you’re going to level the playing field, you are going to have to teach people the rules. And that is what we’re doing — teaching these students the rules of the SAT game,” says Starlett Craig who conceived the idea of Clemson University’s […]

February 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

John Edgar Wideman Appointed Distinguished Professor

John Edgar Wideman Appointed Distinguished Professor AMHERST, Mass. University of Massachusetts English professor John Edgar Wideman has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by University President William M. Bulger.The appointment is given by the Board of Trustees of the UMass system to professors who have brought great recognition to the UMass system. Currently 17 professors at […]

February 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Academic Community Stunned

Academic Community Stunned by FAMU President’s ResignationProvost James Ammons will leave to head N.C. Central University   By Pearl StewartTallahassee, Fla.On the same day the National Alumni Association of Florida A&M University took out a full-page ad in the local newspaper touting the accomplishments of its president, Dr. Frederick Humphries, stunned the campus, the state and […]

February 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy CityIt’s 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office, sipping green tea and preparing to face yet another full schedule of meetings and engagements that will continue at a steady pace until […]

January 31, 2001

Students

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity Initiative

Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity InitiativeNewton, Pa.T he Law School Admission Council has created a $10 million, 5-year effort to encourage law schools to rethink their admission policies and adopt strategies that will achieve greater diversity in the legal profession.Called the “Initiative to Advance Education on the LSAT,” the effort comes in […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Hampton University Reaches Goal Of $200 Million Three Years Early

Hampton University Reaches Goal Of $200 Million  Three Years EarlyHampton, Va.Hampton University has met and exceeded its unprecedented $200 million “Dreaming No Small Dreams” capital campaign and has increased its fund-raising goal to $250 million, the university’s Board of Trustees announced last month.The university has raised $216 million over the seven-year fund-raising campaign, which was […]

January 3, 2001