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Students

Julia Lopez Opening Doors to College in California

Julia I. Lopez was already retired for three years from her position as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008 when she received a call from a head hunter who wondered if she might have any interest in serving as the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation.

July 3, 2017

Students

Northwestern Opens Gender-neutral, Multi-stall Bathroom

CHICAGO — Northwestern University officials say one of its institutes has become among the first in the Chicago area to open a gender-neutral, multi-stall bathroom on a college campus. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that it was opened recently at Northwestern’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. It’s next to a single-stall gender-neutral […]

July 3, 2017

Students

William & Mary to Construct New Facility for Jewish Students

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A new gathering place will be constructed for Jewish students at the College of William & Mary. The university said in a press release that the facility will serve as a gathering place for a variety of cultural, spiritual and educational activities. Construction in Williamsburg is expected to begin in January and […]

July 3, 2017

Leadership & Policy

After 23 Years at the Helm of Benedict, Swinton’s Retirement Merely a Break

Following Dr. David Holmes Swinton’s retirement last week as president of 141-year-old Benedict College, he and his wife, Patricia, are taking a long, 45-day vacation.

July 2, 2017

Students

Benedict College Taps Roslyn Clark Artis to Become Its Next Leader

Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis is making history as the first woman to lead Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. as she follows Dr. David Holmes Swinton, who officially retired from his post last week after 23 years on the job.

July 2, 2017

Students

Tremors of Controversy Rock Southern University

Administration and alumni officials at Louisiana’s Southern University have gone into a major damage control mode in the wake of a series of developments in the last month that have rattled the institution and upset and stirred concern among its base of supporters.

July 2, 2017

News Roundup

University of Missouri Credit Outlook Downgraded to Negative

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A major financial ratings agency has downgraded the University of Missouri system’s credit outlook from stable to negative, citing enrollment declines on the flagship campus in Columbia and declining state revenue. Moody’s Investor Services on Thursday also affirmed the university’s Aa1 credit rating, the second highest rating possible. Moody’s said the university’s […]

July 2, 2017

Students

Oklahoma University Reverses Course on Chapel Cross, Bibles

ADA, Okla. — The president of East Central University in Oklahoma is reversing a decision to remove Bibles and crosses from its on-campus chapel. ECU President Katricia Pierson said in a statement posted on the school’s website Friday that the public university in Ada, about 65 miles (104 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, “moved too […]

July 2, 2017

Students

University of Oregon Fraternity Suspended 1 Year for Hazing

EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon has suspended a fraternity for one year after it was caught hazing in the spring. The Register-Guard reports the hazing involved intentional embarrassment, physical activity as punishment and coerced use of alcohol and marijuana. University officials determined the Chi Psi chapter had violated the student conduct code and […]

July 2, 2017

Students

Man Held in Chinese Scholar’s Kidnapping was Grad Student

CHICAGO — The 28-year-old Illinois man charged with kidnapping a Chinese scholar now believed to be dead was among a select few admitted to the University of Illinois’ highly competitive physics graduate program in 2013. Brendt Allen Christensen originally planned to earn a doctorate degree, but told his graduate adviser in 2016 he had changed […]

July 2, 2017

Students

Arizona Regents to Offer In-state Tuition to Some Immigrants

PHOENIX — Public universities in Arizona said Thursday they will keep providing in-state tuition for young immigrants who came to the U.S. at an early age despite a recent court decision that threw it in doubt. Young immigrants clad in bright yellow shirts emblazoned with “Protect In-State Tuition for DACA Students” stood closely together holding […]

July 2, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse Ready to Heal, Move Forward with Interim President Martin

Morehouse College officially welcomed its newest interim president, Harold Martin, Jr., on Thursday. Securing permanent leadership has been a challenge for the 150-year-old institution.

June 29, 2017