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Students

UTSA Student Group Protests Cancellation of Black Studies Course

SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio’s cancellation of an upcoming course within the African American Studies Program has prompted the resignation of a professor and drawn criticism from some students. The university pulled “African American Political Thought” from the spring semester because of a lack of student interest in the black […]

December 3, 2007

Students

SC’s 16 Tech Schools, University of South Carolina Start Program to Ease Student Transfers

COLUMBIA, S.C.  Students at the state’s 16 technical colleges will be able to more easily transfer to the University of South Carolina under an agreement approved Thursday. The program will go into effect next fall and could attract up to 500 students in the first year, officials said. “There’s a wonderful Southern saying, ‘Y’all come!’ […]

November 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Under Pressure

Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. RENU KHATOR  has been named president and chancellor of the University of Houston. She will assume her new post in January. Most recently, Khator served as provost and vice president of the University of South Florida. She holds a bachelor’s from Kanpur University in India and a master’s and doctorate from Purdue University in […]

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

UND “Fighting Sioux” Logo Supporters Put Pressure on Tribes

Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape

DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

UND “Fighting Sioux” Logo Supporters Put Pressure on Tribes

Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.

November 25, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Board Picks New Chairman

NEW ORLEANS Myron Lawson was chosen Friday as the chairman of the Southern University System board of supervisors, replacing the former chairman who has been embroiled in sexual harassment allegations.

November 24, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Feds Repeat Criticisms of EMU Cover-up of Student’s Rape-killing

YPSILANTI Mich. The U.S. Education Department has repeated its criticism of Eastern Michigan University for covering up the rape-killing of a student in her dorm room.

November 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

New University of Hawaii Chancellor Says School’s a Tarnished Jewel

HONOLULU The University of Hawaii’s new Manoa chancellor says the campus is a tarnished jewel.

November 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Poll: Majority of Faculty Want Oral Roberts University President Gone

TULSA Okla. More than 80 percent of the faculty at Oral Roberts University do not want Richard Roberts to continue as president of the evangelical school, a new survey shows.

November 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Dixie State College Ready to Surrender Name, Mascot

ST. GEORGE Utah Dixie State College is taking its first step to giving up its formal name and “Rebel” mascot as a condition of its affiliation with the University of Utah, which says its doesn’t want to be associated with stereotypes of the Old South.

November 19, 2007