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Faculty & Staff

Former University of Montana President to Earn $119K as Chemistry Professor

MISSOULA, Mont. — Former University of Montana President Royce Engstrom will earn $119,000 a year when he returns to teaching as a chemistry professor. The Missoulian reports Engstrom will the third highest-paid professor of the 10 faculty members in the university’s chemistry department. Engrstrom resigned as president in December at the request of Commissioner of […]

June 19, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee University Off Accreditation Warning List

Tuskegee University—the private historically Black college in Alabama that was founded by Booker T. Washington—is no longer under an accreditation warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

June 18, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Jerryl Briggs to Run Mississippi Valley State University for Now

JACKSON, Miss. — Chief Operating Officer Jerryl Briggs will become acting president of Mississippi Valley State University. The state College Board named him Thursday to take over on July 1 from William Bynum Jr., who will become president of Jackson State University. Board spokeswoman Caron Blanton says Briggs will be acting president until trustees begin […]

June 18, 2017

Students

Military Hero Bill McRaven Having Trouble as Texas Chancellor

AUSTIN, Texas — Bill McRaven came to Texas an American military hero, charged with leading one of the country’s largest public university systems at a time it needed a steady hand. The retired Navy Admiral and former special operations leader, who planned the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, now faces an uncertain future as […]

June 18, 2017

Leadership & Policy

NIU President Stepping Down as Report Shows Mismanagement

DEKALB, Ill. — The president of Northern Illinois University is stepping down in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports Doug Baker leaves June 30. He announced the news at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting. He says the […]

June 15, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Harvard President Faust Stepping Down Next Year

After 11 years at the helm, Harvard president Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust will step down at the end of the 2018 academic year. Her retirement will coincide with the conclusion of the record-setting Harvard Campaign, which has raised nearly $8 billion so far.

June 14, 2017

Students

Court: Iowa State University Wrong to Block Pot T-shirt

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa State University lost another appeal in a federal court case over the decision of administrators to prevent a marijuana advocacy group from printing a T-shirt that included the university logo and a marijuana leaf. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday for the second time said ISU administrators […]

June 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

University of Maine at Augusta Appoints New President

AUGUSTA, Maine — The University of Maine System says the system’s finance and administration vice chancellor Rebecca Wyke will be the next president of the University of Maine at Augusta. A spokesman for the university system says Wyke’s appointment will be effective July 1. The appointment comes after the approval of the Board of Trustees […]

June 11, 2017

Students

Advocacy Group Challenges HBCUs to be LGBTQ Friendly

In an era where attitudes are shifting — albeit slowly — when it comes to securing rights for LGBTQ people, the National Black Justice Coalition is pushing HBCU leaders to step up by addressing the visages of homophobia still visible on their college campuses.

June 11, 2017

Students

Morehouse Interim President Taggart Dies

The Morehouse College community woke on Thursday morning to the news that William Taggart, interim president of the historically Black institution in Atlanta, had died Wednesday night.

June 8, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Robert Henry to Resign as Oklahoma City University President

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City University President Robert Henry has announced plans to resign next year after eight years as head of the university. Henry says in a statement released by OCU that he will step down on June 30, 2018, and take a year sabbatical to focus on writing and legal projects, then return […]

June 8, 2017

Students

Ambar Sees Her Achievements as Paths to Empowering Others

Dr. Carmen Ambar, named last week as the first African American president in Oberlin College’s 184 years of existence, said that making history is affirming to African American children that they can do anything.

June 6, 2017