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Students

Morehouse: Despite Reports, John Wilson to Complete Term as President

Morehouse College refutes reports on Monday that stated its president, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson, had been abruptly ousted from his position.

March 7, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Auditor: $2M in Hidden Bonuses at University of Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The University of Missouri System has doled out more than $2 million in hidden bonuses to administrators over the last three years and paid former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin thousands of dollars in the months after his resignation with no work responsibility, according to an audit released Monday by state Auditor […]

March 7, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Wright State University Gets its 1st Female President

DAYTON, Ohio — Wright State University in southwest Ohio has announced the first female president in its history. University trustees have selected Cheryl Schrader to be the school’s seventh president, starting in July. She has served as chancellor of the Missouri University of Science and Technology since 2012. She was previously an associate vice president […]

March 6, 2017

Students

Saint Louis University Says 250 Jobs to be Cut

ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University says it’s cutting 120 current positions and an additional 130 that aren’t currently filled. The university’s president, Fred Pestello, says in a letter to students and staff that employees will find out Tuesday where the cuts will happen. KSDK-TV reports that drop-offs in revenue and enrollment have left the […]

March 6, 2017

Leadership & Policy

UT-San Antonio President Resigns over How he Embraced Women

SAN ANTONIO — The president of the University of Texas-San Antonio has resigned with an apology for embracing women in a manner that made them uncomfortable. President Ricardo Romo had been placed on administrative leave by University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven last month. Romo had previously said he would clear his name. His […]

March 5, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Omarosa Has Helped HBCUs

I challenge the assertion that Omarosa Manigault is unqualified to champion HBCU interests and concerns in the Trump White House.

March 2, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Jenkins: HBCU Presidents Couldn’t Afford to Miss White House Meeting

While it is always an honor to meet the leader of the free world, I must admit I had reservations. My reservations drove me to make a list of pros and cons and in the end my decision to attend was based on several factors.

March 1, 2017

Students

University of California Releases Details on 113 Employee Sexual Misconduct Cases

BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California said it investigated 113 cases of sexual misconduct involving staff and faculty at its 10 campuses over a recent three-year period, according to hundreds of pages of internal documents released Tuesday. The information was released to The Associated Press and other news organizations following a public records request […]

March 1, 2017

Students

After Backlash, University of Iowa Restores Scholarships

IOWA CITY, Iowa — After facing lawsuits and days of criticism, the University of Iowa is shelving a plan to eliminate scholarships promised to thousands of current and incoming students. UI President Bruce Harreld announced Wednesday that he was reinstating the Iowa Heritage Award and four other smaller scholarship programs for current students and those […]

March 1, 2017

Students

Presidents Hope Funding Follows White House Taking Lead on HBCUs

The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities will move from the U.S. Department of Education to the White House, per an executive order on HBCUs signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon.

February 28, 2017

Students

Lawsuits Challenge University of Iowa Decision to Revoke Scholarships

IOWA CITY, Iowa  — Two proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed challenging the University of Iowa’s decision to eliminate scholarships that had been promised to roughly 3,000 students. UI student Jenna Pokorny is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Johnson County. It claims the university “breached its contractual duties” by eliminating two scholarship […]

February 28, 2017

Students

Dillard President: What President Trump Needs to Hear

We’ve seen federal and state divestment in education, making the idea of education as the path to the American Dream more of a hallucination for the poor and disenfranchised.

February 27, 2017