Tag: Presidents/Chancellors: Page 137

Leadership & Policy

Spending smart – economic restructuring of Morris College

Behind his back, Morris College alumni refer to the president of the small, Black Baptist college in Sumter, SC, as “the survivor.” It is a respectful nickname that has been earned by staying power — more than two decades at the helm — and an ability to financially right an institution that was sinking fast.

June 16, 2007

Students

Stopping the raid on student aid

Washington In an assessment of the past political year at a Quality Education for Minorities luncheon, Dr. David Merkowitz of the American Council on Education said that threats to financial aid have been defeated and that affirmative action is still alive.

June 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

California’s Mertes to resign – David Mertes, chancellor of California Community College system

David Mertes, who led the nation’s largest collection of colleges through massive social changes and numerous political mine fields, will resign June 30 as chancellor of the California Community College system.

June 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Ready and able – Henry Ponder and National Assn. for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education presidency – Recruitment & Retention

Insiders privy to the search process for a new president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education say the next top executive of the organization created to oversee the needs of Black colleges could be soon-departing Fisk University President Henry Ponder.

June 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Embattled Jackson State President seeks promised funds for deficit – James Lyons, Sr – Recruitment & Retention

JACKSON, MS Beleaugered Jackson State University President James Lyons Sr. has asked the state legislature to erase a third of a university deficit that could exceed $3 million.

June 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

The Citadel subpoenas women who left

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel has subpoenaed two female cadets who left the college alleging they were hazed by male cadets, the military school’s president said.

June 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Being presidential in dixie – African-Americans as presidents at traditionally white colleges

Black Academics Finding Fewer Barriers At Traditionally White Colleges.

June 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Laying Out a Blueprint for Diversity

Community colleges at forefront of efforts to bridge yawning architecture diversity gap.

June 13, 2007

Students

‘Helping Smart Kids Get Smarter’

Increasingly educators are addressing ways to motivate high-potential students.

June 13, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Laying Out a Blueprint for Diversity

Community colleges at forefront of efforts to bridge yawning architecture diversity gap.

June 13, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Two MVSU Professors Fired, At Least One Claims It’s Retaliation

JACKSON, Miss. Two Mississippi Valley State University professors have been fired, and at least one of them claims it was in retaliation for serving on a panel that was critical of university president Lester Newman.

June 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Bishop State President on Hot Seat For Financial Aid Problems

For months, Dr. Yvonne Kennedy has sat on the searing presidential seat of Bishop Community College, the Mobile, Ala.-based historically Black institution that has been riddled with numerous scandals over the past four years.

June 5, 2007