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Students

Higher Ed Institutions Contribute to Country’s Widening Social Divide, Educators Say

It is difficult to find a college or university that does not have diversifying its student body on the top of its long list of goals and objectives, but one educator at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting said that many higher ed institutions are largely to blame for society’s widening social, racial and economic divide as many colleges’ own admissions policies keep out the very the populations they say they’re trying to admit.

February 12, 2008

Leadership & Policy

College of William & Mary Head Resigns, Raises Diversity Issues in Resignation Letter

The president of the College of William & Mary, who drew heavy criticism for removing a cross from the nation’s oldest college chapel, resigned Tuesday after the public school’s board told him his contract would not be renewed.

February 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

ASU President Joe Lee Stepping Down May 31, Move Shocks Trustees

MONTGOMERY Ala. Alabama State University President Joe Lee has announced plans to resign after a sometimes tumultuous seven years at the school’s helm. Lee made the announcement Friday during a scheduled board of trustees meeting and caught most of the trustees, administrators and alumni off-guard when he said he will resign May 31. He did […]

February 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

ACE: Significant Efforts Needed to Improve Diversity in College Presidency Ranks

An uneasy environment exists today for presidents of public HBCUs, leading to a revolving door of higher education executives.

February 7, 2008

Faculty & Staff

ACE: ‘Significant Efforts’ Needed To Improve Diversity In College Presidency Ranks

There’s been little increase in the number of minority college presidents in the last 20 years. A new report suggests efforts to diversify college president ranks begins with the recruitment and retention of minority faculty members.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Students Hid in Bathrooms as Tornado Hit Union Univ.

JACKSON, Tenn.  Students took shelter in dormitory bathrooms as a tornado reduced the buildings to rubble around them at Union University. At least eight people were trapped in the wreckage of shredded walls, floors and furniture until rescuers could dig them out. Tim Ellsworth, the school’s news director, said about 50 students were taken to […]

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Political Pitfalls for Presidents

The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees wasn’t in a very festive mood when they met this past December.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

MOLLY CORBETT BROAD has been named president of the American Council on Education (ACE), the nation’s principal higher education association, effective May 1. She served as president of the University of North Carolina System from 1997-2006. Currently, she is a professor in the School of Government at UNCChapel Hill. Broad earned a bachelor’s from Syracuse […]

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Clemson Conference Addresses Best Practices for Black Student Achievement

CLEMSON, S.C. There are no easy solutions to the challenges of creating a diverse student body in this anti- and post-affirmative action era. That was the general consensus at the sixth annual conference “Best Practices in Black Student Achievement,” which brought more than 200 academicians from all regions of the United States to Clemson University late week. But the value diversity brings enriches the college experience, they agreed.

February 5, 2008

Faculty & Staff

State Board Names Kelley to Replace Kupchella as University of North Dakota President

FARGO, N.D. — Dr. Robert Kelley has been offered the job as president of the University of North Dakota, after some school supporters complained that the state Board of Higher Education should have interviewed more than one candidate.

February 4, 2008

Leadership & Policy

San Jose State President Bans Campus Blood Drives as Part of Nondiscrimination Policy

San Jose State University President Don Kassing has suspended all campus blood drives in protest of a longstanding government policy that bars gays from donating blood and called the policy discriminatory, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury News.

February 4, 2008

Students

Dartmouth President To Step Down

Dartmouth College President James Wright will step down next year to spend more time working to help wounded veterans go to college and rededicating himself to his academic field of study.

February 3, 2008