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Leadership & Policy

Emanuel Appoints New City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor

CHICAGO — City Colleges of Chicago has a new chancellor. On Friday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that Juan Salgado will take over from Cheryl Hyman. Salgado is now on the Chicago Park District Board of Directors and is the president and CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino on the city’s West Side. He was also […]

March 19, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Lawmaker Teaches at College, Serves on State Budget Panel

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s senate majority leader, who is co-chair of the budget committee, is the highest paid adjunct professor at the College of William and Mary. The Daily Press reported Friday that Republican Thomas K. Norment $60,000 a year for teaching two classes in the fall, and supervises internship programs and guides independent research […]

March 19, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Wright State President Resigns Ahead of Retirement

DAYTON, Ohio — The president of Wright State University has resigned just months before his planned retirement because of the university’s budget crisis. The Springfield News-Sun reports that David Hopkins resigned abruptly Friday. He planned to retire in three and a half months. Hopkins cited the university’s “substantial undertaking to bring our budget into alignment […]

March 19, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Boston College Leader Credited with Transforming School Dies

BOSTON — Boston College’s chancellor, the Rev. J. Donald Monan, who is credited with transforming the regional Roman Catholic school into a nationally-regarded university, died Saturday. He was 92. Monan died at Campion Renewal Center, a Jesuit community in Weston, after a brief illness, the university said. He was Boston College’s longest-serving president. After stepping […]

March 19, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Carol T. Christ to Become UC Berkeley’s 1st Woman Chancellor

SAN FRANCISCO — Carol T. Christ, a scholar of Victorian literature and former president of Smith College, was named the next chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday and the first woman in the school’s 149-year history to hold the position. The UC Board of Regents, the governing board of the system’s 10 […]

March 16, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Amid Controversy, Kentucky State Names Brown President

A divided Board of Regents at Kentucky State University selected a new chief executive to lead the troubled state-controlled, land-grant institution, despite concern that the process of selecting a new leader was flawed and concluded too quickly.

March 14, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Hrabowski: For Change, Diversifying Professoriate a Must

Though the discourse of diversity on campus has been subsumed by a “bigger political landscape,” America’s colleges and universities still must fight to make the professoriate more reflective of the nation as a whole.

March 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

ACE Speaker Shares Approach to Uncovering Bias in Tenure, Promotion

“It’s not enough to hire diverse faculty,” said Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State University of Denver. “You’ve got to get them to promotion and tenure.”

March 13, 2017

Students

Marshall Handling of Sex Assault Complaint Under Fed Review

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Education is looking into Marshall University’s handling of a student’s report that she was sexually assaulted on campus last year. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a female student complained to the department’s Office for Civil Rights that the university failed to promptly address her report and retaliated against her […]

March 12, 2017

Students

University of Illinois Faculty Petitions Against Hate Speech

URBANA, Ill. — Several University of Illinois academic units have pressed administrators to take a stance against words and actions they say threaten students amid tense debates on what constitutes free speech. Chancellor Robert Jones sent out a mass email two weeks ago responding to concerns that include Chief-related “Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day” T-shirts, harassment […]

March 12, 2017

Students

Struggling Cheyney University Gets $8M Infusion

In a major move to help reverse the demise of historic Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education has extended the institution an $8 million line of credit.

March 9, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Leader of Texas Medical Center Selected as University of Arizona President

PHOENIX — The state Board of Regents on Tuesday selected the leader of the world’s biggest medical center as its top pick to be the next president for the University of Arizona. Dr. Robert Clayton Robbins has been president and chief executive officer of Texas Medical Center since 2012. A highly regarded cardiac surgeon, Robbins […]

March 8, 2017