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Leadership & Policy

Spelman exec: Brace for more challenges to diversity programs

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 6, 2007

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Higher education mall to offer courses from 8 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 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Iowa provost selected as new UConn president

STORRS Conn. The vice president and provost of the University of Iowa has been selected as 14th president of the University of Connecticut, officials said Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

School to use picture book to lure Hispanic men to college

MERCED Calif. Educators in Merced are using fotonovelas, graphic novels popular in Mexico, to attract Hispanic students to the local junior college.

August 6, 2007

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Michigan governor kicks off new worker training program

LANSING Mich. Laid-off Michigan workers may be able to get up to two free years of community college or technical school tuition to learn a new trade under a program rolled out Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

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Governor announces new plan for Ohio’s public universities

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio’s public universities and community colleges will be united under one banner to focus on their common goals, while maintaining their own identities, Gov. Ted Strickland and his higher education chief said Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Mourns Loss of Students

NEWARK, N.J. In a city where gun violence has become an all too common part of daily life, these shootings were enough to chill even the most hardened residents: Four young friends shot execution-style in a schoolyard just days before they were to head to college.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Campus Safety Headlines College Orientation Agendas

At colleges around the country this summer, one topic has vaulted to the top of the agenda at freshman orientation: campus safety.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Interim Bishop State President Seeks 13 Firings, More to Come

MOBILE Ala. Interim Bishop State Community College President James Lowe has sent letters informing 13 employees of the school’s intent to fire them and two-year system Chancellor Bradley Byrne says more terminations are on the way.

August 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Yvonne Kennedy Fails to Fire Felon, Loses Office Space at Bishop State

MOBILE Ala. Former Bishop State Community College President Yvonne Kennedy did not fire a convicted felon in the administration as instructed and will not receive post-retirement office space at the campus as planned, the state’s two-year chancellor Bradley Byrne said.

August 2, 2007

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Oregon University System, SEIU reach new agreement

CORVALLIS Ore. The Oregon University System and SEIU, the union that represents university classified workers, have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that includes a 3 percent salary increase retroactive to July 1.

July 28, 2007

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Judge halts lawsuit for mediation talks

BATON ROUGE La. A federal judge has halted Southern University President Ralph Slaughter’s lawsuit against the school’s governing body and others, allowing for mediation talks between the parties.

July 28, 2007