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Leadership & Policy

Delaware’s 1st Black Female University President Selected

NEW CASTLE, Del. ― Wilmington University Executive Vice President LaVerne Harmon has been named the school’s next president and will become the first Black woman to lead a university in Delaware. Local news organizations report that the university’s board of trustees unanimously approved Harmon’s selection last week. She is slated to take the reins in […]

September 28, 2016

Students

Student Protesters Halt Debate About Black Lives Matter at University of Michigan

YPSILANTI, Mich. ― Student protesters halted a debate at the University of Michigan about whether the Black Lives Matter movement is harmful to race relations. Protesters voiced their displeasure with the Michigan Political Union’s decision to host the debate Tuesday at the Michigan League, The Ann Arbor News reported. Lawrielle West, a University of Michigan […]

September 28, 2016

Students

By All Measures, University of Texas at San Antonio Rising at Rapid Rate

The University of Texas at San Antonio has emerged as one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in Texas.

September 27, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State President Says He Will Stop Flying School Plane

AMES, Iowa ― The president of Iowa State University said Monday he will no longer pilot a university airplane he has used for trips that have mixed business and personal affairs. President Steven Leath also said he and his wife will make a donation to the university’s scholarship fund in the amount of costs associated […]

September 26, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Former Portland State University President Daniel Bernstine Dies at 69

PORTLAND, Ore. ― Former Portland State University president Daniel Bernstine has died at 69. Bernstine led PSU from 1997 until 2007. After leaving, he headed the Law School Admission Council in Pennsylvania. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Law School Admission Council issued a news release Sunday saying Bernstine died suddenly at his home. Portland State President […]

September 26, 2016

Leadership & Policy

‘Diddy’ Donates $1 Million to Howard University

WASHINGTON ― Sean “Diddy” Combs is donating $1 million to Howard University, where he once was a student. The rapper and music mogul made the announcement alongside Howard President Wayne Frederick at his Bad Boy Records reunion tour show last Thursday night in Washington, D.C., where the historically Black college is located. Howard says the […]

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Search for New Kansas Chancellor may be Closed to Public

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― The Kansas Board of Regents hasn’t approved how the process to replace University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will proceed, but the search may be closed to the public. Gray-Little, chancellor of the university since 2009, announced last week she’s stepping down in the summer of 2017. Gray-Little was hired after a […]

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State President Damaged School Plane on Personal Trip

AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s president was returning from an 11-day personal trip to North Carolina when he damaged a small university-owned airplane in a rough landing, the school confirmed Saturday. President Steven Leath, a pilot, flew himself and his wife on July 3, 2015, in the university’s Cirrus SR22 to Ashe County, […]

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Unveils Statue, Museum for Former President Hytche

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. ― The legacy of former University of Maryland Eastern Shore President William P. Hytche Sr. was saluted by hundreds of his admirers and university supporters who gathered to honor one of the longest-serving chief executives in the university’s history. A highlight of the Saturday, Sept. 10 occasion was the unveiling of a […]

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Benedict College President David Swinton Retiring

Dr. David H. Swinton, who has served president and CEO of Benedict College for 23 years, has announced he will retire June 30, 2017.

September 20, 2016

Students

Students Protest Racial Incidents at American University

WASHINGTON ― American University students are demanding the suspension of two White students accused of throwing a banana at a Black woman in a dorm this month. An interracial crowd of hundreds gathered Monday to demand changes. Another Black student on the same floor of the dorm, Neah Gray, tells media outlets that she found […]

September 20, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southmost College President Lily Tercero Fired

BROWNSVILLE, Texas ― The president of a South Texas community college has been fired amid issues with its vocational nursing program and a new windstorm insurance contract. Trustees of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville voted Monday to dismiss President Lily Tercero. The college earlier this year was put on “conditional approval status” by the Texas […]

September 20, 2016