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Sports

NCAA to give $200M to Members for Athlete Benefits

INDIANAPOLIS ― The NCAA will distribute an extra $200 million to Division I schools in the spring of 2017 to be used by members for funding benefits for athletes. The NCAA announced Thursday that its board of governors had approved the one-time supplemental distribution. Athletics departments can use the money to help pay for full-cost-of-attendance […]

March 10, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Missouri Announces Budget Cuts, Hiring Freeze

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― University of Missouri leaders say the school will use a hiring freeze and 5 percent budget reduction to close a projected $32 million shortfall. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports interim Chancellor Hank Foley sent out a memo on Wednesday saying the moves are necessary because of a sharp drop in first-year enrollment […]

March 9, 2016

Leadership & Policy

KAREN L. MILLER

KAREN L. MILLER was appointed vice president for human resources and risk at Middlebury College in Vermont, effective in April. She is special advisor to the president at Morehouse College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Emory University and a juris doctor from Harvard University.

March 7, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Relationship between U of Missouri, Lawmakers on the Mend

Tensions between the University of Missouri System and state legislative leaders appear to be dying down after months of turbulent talk and threats of budget cuts following protests at the Columbia campus.

March 6, 2016

News Roundup

Falling Lottery Sales Pinch College Scholarships in 8 States

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― The ticket-buying frenzy that erupted over January’s $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot wasn’t enough to reverse a long-running trend: Proceeds from lottery games aren’t keeping pace with the higher education costs they were supposed to pay. Now lawmakers in at least eight states have made or are considering making dramatic cuts to scholarship […]

March 2, 2016

Students

Funds Cut for Guard Program at 3 Oklahoma Universities

OKLAHOMA CITY ― Budget cuts could end an Oklahoma National Guard leadership program that’s offered at three state universities. Southwestern Oklahoma State University President Randy Beutler announced last week that the university will terminate the Guard Officer Leadership Program at the end of the semester due to federal budget cuts. There are currently programs at […]

March 1, 2016

Students

Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices

Chicago State University took the unusual step of sending layoff notices to its faculty, staff and administrators last Friday amid ongoing financial difficulties, including not receiving any state funding over the past eight months.

February 28, 2016

Students

Budget plan would cut $8M from University of Missouri system

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker proposes cutting $8 million from the University of Missouri system roiled by recent race-related protests at its Columbia campus. The possible cuts were rolled out Tuesday by Republican House Budget Chairman Tom Flanigan of Carthage. The cuts include reducing funding to the Columbia campus by […]

February 23, 2016

Students

Changing the Political Rhetoric Surrounding HBCUs

Politics are an important cornerstone of American culture.

February 22, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Higher Education Leaders Say They’re not Using Scare Tactics

BATON ROUGE, La. ― Higher education leaders pushed back Wednesday at suggestions they are exaggerating the impact budget cuts will have on their campuses, saying the threat of midsemester shutdowns and widespread layoffs is real. Lawmakers meeting in a special session are deciding whether to raise taxes requested by Gov. John Bel Edwards to help […]

February 17, 2016

Students

University of Kansas Endowment Using Crowdfunding

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― The KU Endowment Association is trying to raise money for smaller projects across campus with a new crowdfunding campaign called Launch KU. The campaign encourages donations for projects such as replacing 10 musicians’ chairs at Swarthout Recital hall or bringing therapy dogs to campus, rather than the yearslong, multimillion dollar campaigns the […]

February 14, 2016

Students

Utah Colleges not Graduating Enough Teachers for Demand

SALT LAKE CITY ― Utah’s public schools need more teachers to fill their classrooms, but state colleges say young students are showing hardly any interest in the profession. Though undergraduate degrees from Utah colleges have grown 25 percent in the past decade, teaching diplomas have grown only a fraction of that rate with only a […]

February 14, 2016