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Leadership & Policy

Classes could start in 2009 at new Idaho university branch

SANDPOINT Idaho The founder of retailer Coldwater Creek has increased the amount he will spend to bring a University of Idaho branch campus to this resort town, and classes are scheduled to start in 2009.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Legislator says he may want EKU president’s job

RICHMOND Ky. A state representative said he may consider pursuing the vacant president’s job at Eastern Kentucky University.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

E. Mich. sends back donor money to Sallie Mae group

YPSILANTI Mich. Eastern Michigan University has returned more than $161,000 to a foundation affiliated with Sallie Mae. It’s among lenders facing questions in a New York state investigation into agreements giving lenders better access to students in exchange for money or services.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

UM using mail, Internet and word of mouth to spread new alcohol policy

OXFORD Miss. University of Mississippi officials are making sure students and football fans know the new campus alcohol policy.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University president wants to listen, learn

IOWA CITY Iowa Sally Mason just wants to listen.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit

VANCOUVER Wash. U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Byrne: Looking for managers to lead two-year colleges

POINT CLEAR Ala. The new chancellor of Alabama’s system of two-year colleges said Saturday that a background in education is not a requirement to be a college president.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A Conversation with Dr. Betty Siegel

Dr. Betty Siegel, president emeritus of Kennesaw State University in Georgia, has been logging many miles in her retirement, in many cases to promote and help implement First-Year academies.

August 8, 2007

Students

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Expect More Challenges to Diversity Programs, Says Spelman President

ATLANTA Spelman College President Beverly Tatum has championed racially diverse relationships for most of her life: as a child growing up in New England, as a young professor teaching about the psychology of racism and as an author writing about cross-racial interaction.

August 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education ‘Mall’ to Offer Courses From Eight Campuses

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Aspiring college students in southern West Virginia will soon have one facility that will allow them access to courses at eight colleges.

August 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick eyes free education from age 3 through community college

BOSTON Gov. Deval Patrick envisions free education for every Massachusetts resident from age 3 through community college.

August 6, 2007