Tag: Funding: Page 34

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Asbury University Wins One Suit, Loses Another

It was win one, lose one, for a small Christian college in Kentucky facing two unrelated discrimination suits.

February 23, 2014

African-American

South Carolina State University Seeks Hand Out of $13M Hole

Plagued by turmoil of one kind or another for the last half decade, the university is asking the state for millions of dollars to help it avert a $13 million deficit this fiscal year ending June 30.

February 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Divided FAMU Board Approves Mangum’s Contract for President

Trustees who oversee Florida A&M University are finally approving a new contract for the school’s new president.

February 13, 2014

Home

Research Money Small but Vital Part of Farm Bill

A group of scientists at Michigan State University huddled around a computer screen earlier this week — not poring over scientific data but watching a webcast of the U.S. Senate.

February 6, 2014

Students

Tenn. Governor Proposes Free Community College Program

A popular Tennessee governor running for re-election wants to create a free community college program. Sound familiar?

February 6, 2014

Sports

Temple Offers $4,000 If Students Limit Job Hours

The annual grants are available for incoming students who agree to not work more than 10 hours a week in off-campus jobs, in an attempt for students to graduate in four years.

February 4, 2014

Leadership & Policy

UIC to Pursue Obama Library Alone

Despite Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s suggestion the city make a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library, the University of Illinois at Chicago says it will work on its own bid.

January 29, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Protesting Utah Student Pays Tuition in $1 Bills

A University of Utah student says he paid his tuition bill with 2,000 one-dollar bills as a silent protest against the rising cost of college.

January 23, 2014

Students

NC Endowment Offers $10M to Improve College Access

RALEIGH, N.C.—A North Carolina endowment is giving $10 million to improve access to higher education for low-income students in rural North Carolina high schools.

January 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

January 15, 2014

Home

Colleges Tying Presidential Raises to Results

Taking a page from the corporate playbook, public and private college boards are beginning to tie at least a portion of annual merit raises to how well presidents and their campuses meet performance targets.

December 26, 2013

Students

Calif. Higher Ed Leader: Demand-Based Funding Best Serves Underrepresented Groups

California Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Brice W. Harris says that the prospect of outcome-based funding poses the risk of forcing colleges to leave a whole generation of students behind.

December 24, 2013