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Leadership & Policy

University of New Hampshire President to Retire Next Year

DURHAM, N.H. — University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston says he’s retiring at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, which would make him the longest-serving president in the university’s 150-year history. The 66-year-old Huddleston joined UNH in 2007. He said Wednesday that UNH has worked hard to ensure that it is well positioned […]

May 3, 2017

Students

Low-income, Minority Students Lag in High School Grad Rates

WASHINGTON — Despite rising national graduation rates, low-income and minority students continue to lag behind their peers in finishing high school, according to a study released Wednesday. While the national graduation rate for the year 2015 was 83.2 percent, it was only 77.8 percent for Hispanic students and 74.6 for Black students, said the […]

May 3, 2017

Leadership & Policy

UC President ‘Sorry’ for Office’s Handling of Audit Probe

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a state audit found University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public while tuition increased, university system President Janet Napolitano apologized Tuesday for the way her office handled the investigation but disputed several of the audit’s findings. In an unusual show of bipartisan agreement, lawmakers from both parties said […]

May 3, 2017

Students

Baylor University the Focus of 2nd Federal Investigation

WACO, Texas — Baylor University is at the center of a second federal investigation, this one focusing on how the university compiles and reports crimes that occur on campus. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that a Baylor vice president, Brian Nicholson, sent an email notifying staff that the probe also will include other areas, such as […]

May 3, 2017

African-American

NASA Recognizing Veteran Science Writer Warren Leary

Leary is set to be formally inducted Friday into the elite “Chroniclers,” a program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that recognizes people who “helped spread the news of America’s space exploration.”

May 2, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Teaching, Selling or Consuming Cinco de Mayo

It is a time when we are bombarded by messages to drink and party and wear big sombreros and put on mustaches and emit wimpy shrieks that attempt to pass for genuine celebratory gritos.

May 2, 2017

African-American

Urban League: Blacks Must Remain ‘Vigilant’ to Protect Gains

African-Americans must fight to protect the socioeconomic and political gains made under the Obama administration and vigorously oppose imminent threats from the Trump administration to turn back the clock, the leader of the National Urban League said.

May 2, 2017

Students

Hundreds March at American University after Noose Incident

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of students have been marching at American University in Washington a day after bananas were found hanging from string in the shape of nooses on campus. Television station WRC-TV reports that students walked out of a town hall meeting administrators were holding Tuesday, a day after the bananas were found at several […]

May 2, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Utah President to Step Down

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah president has announced his plan to step down from his position as soon as officials can find a replacement for him. A spokeswoman for the Utah System of Higher Education said in a statement Monday that President David Pershing is expected to return to a faculty position, […]

May 2, 2017

Leadership & Policy

University of Missouri-Columbia has New Interim Chancellor

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The provost at the University of Missouri in Columbia will serve as the campus’ interim chancellor. The president of the four-campus university system, Mun Choi, announced Garnett Stokes’ appointment to the campus’ top administrative post, and it was approved Wednesday by the system’s governing board. Stokes has served as provost and executive […]

May 2, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Lawmakers to Question University of California President

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are scheduled to question University of California President Janet Napolitano about an audit that found the university system hid $175 million from the public. Lawmakers on Tuesday will hold a hearing on the audit released last week. State Auditor Elaine Howle says in the report that UC administrators amassed undisclosed […]

May 2, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Professors Walk Picket Lines at U of Illinois-Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Dozens of University of Illinois-Springfield protesters walked a picket line a day after their union announced a strike. The University of Illinois Springfield United Faculty union represents nearly 170 tenured and tenure-track faculty members. They started their strike at 9 a.m. Tuesday, carrying signs that read “I’d rather be teaching,” “Fair evaluation! […]

May 2, 2017