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Leadership & Policy

West Virginia Higher Education Commission OKs raises for college presidents; WVSU President Hazo Carter to receive 3.5 percent pay raise.

CHARLESTON W.Va. The Higher Education Policy Commission has approved pay raises for the presidents of six public universities and colleges, along with two contract extensions.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hocking College hires law firm amid state probe

NELSONVILLE Ohio Trustees at Hocking College hired a law firm to represent the school while the state attorney general’s office conducts an investigation.

September 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Embattled chancellor of University of California, Irvine apologizes for withdrawing offer to Duke legal scholar

IRVINE Calif. The embattled chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, avoided a public rebuke from faculty Thursday as he apologized for withdrawing an offer to make a liberal legal scholar from Duke University the founding dean of the university’s new law school.

September 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

UCI chancellor apologizes for flap over law dean’s rejection

IRVINE Calif. The embattled chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, avoided a public rebuke from faculty Thursday as he apologized for withdrawing an offer to make a liberal legal scholar the founding dean of the university’s new law school.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Florida A&M names Harris as basketball coach

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Former Florida State basketball star Eugene Harris was introduced Thursday as the head basketball coach at Florida A&M, although details on his contract with the school remain to be finalized.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Alabama president marries in small, private ceremony

TUSCALOOSA Ala. After the University of Alabama board of trustees meeting, President Robert Witt had some personal business to attend to.

September 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Dr. Cedric Page has been named executive director of the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos. Most recently he served as dean of faculty at DigiPen Institute of Technology. Page holds a bachelor’s from Syracuse University and a master’s and doctorate from Rutgers University. Dr. Chellu S. Chetty has been named dean of graduate studies and […]

September 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Policy puts NDSU, UND presidents in line for steep pay rise

BISMARCK N.D. The presidents of North Dakota’s two largest universities would be paid at least $300,000 annually under new salary guidelines the Board of Higher Education is preparing to approve. The sum would represent a raise of at least 42 percent.

September 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Proposed pay changes for ND college presidents

Proposed changes to the North Dakota University System’s compensation policy for college presidents. A Board of Higher Education subcommittee agreed to the overhaul Tuesday, and they will be presented to the full board during its meeting at Minot State University on Thursday.

September 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hampshire College president marries gay partner of 27 years

AMHERST Mass. The president of a small liberal arts college in western Massachusetts and his male partner of 27 years have married.

September 18, 2007

Students

North Dakota lawmaker: Be cautious with university presidents’ homes proposals

FARGO N.D. A proposal to build a new home for the North Dakota State University president might not sit well with the public, even though private money would fund the estimated $900,000 cost, a state lawmaker says.

September 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Examiners’ reports show Alabama 2-year colleges doing OK job

PRATTVILLE Ala. Financial aid abuse at Bishop State Community College has led state examiners to expand the scope of their audits, but such problems have not been found at other schools so far, an examiner told system presidents Tuesday.

September 17, 2007