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Presidential Politics Tough? Higher Ed Version at FAMU no Less Harsh

In the politics of higher ed, trust and likeability matters as well. Just ask Florida A&M University’s now former president, Elmira Mangum.

September 19, 2016

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Times Change, But Need to Look Beyond Campus Persists

Campus climate cannot be divorced from national events, whether it be police involved killings of Black people, the murders at an Orlando gay nightclub, international politics such as in the Middle East, or the 2016 Election campaign’s violent and incendiary rhetoric.

September 18, 2016

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2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina

Two Black athletic conferences have not moved scheduled championship events out of North Carolina in the wake of the state’s passage of a controversial law restricting transgender bathroom use but have not ruled it out.

September 15, 2016

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Mangum Out as Florida A&M University President

Florida A&M University on Thursday announced the departure of Dr. Elmira Mangum, its embattled president of two years, and the immediate appointment of scientist Larry Robinson as interim president.

September 15, 2016

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University of Missouri Aims to Increase Minority Faculty

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri says it’s putting $1.6 million toward doubling its numbers of minority faculty to 13 percent in four years. University leaders met on the Columbia campus Tuesday to discuss efforts in the past year to improve diversity, inclusion and race relations, The Kansas City Star reports. Kevin McDonald, interim […]

September 14, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Chicago State President’s Separation Agreement on Agenda

CHICAGO ― Trustees at Chicago State University plan Friday to vote on a “separation agreement” for the school’s president, who has had the position for nine months. The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Chicago State’s board of trustees’ agenda for Friday’s meeting includes the agreement vote and naming an interim president. President Thomas Calhoun Jr. […]

September 14, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Bowie State University President Mickey Burnim to Retire Next Year

Dr. Mickey L. Burnim, who helped Bowie State University rise in presence among Maryland’s state-controlled colleges and universities, has advised the university’s community family he will retire next June after 10 years as president.

September 14, 2016

Students

Fraternity at University of Richmond Suspended Over Inappropriate Email

RICHMOND, Va. ―A University of Richmond fraternity has been suspended over what the school called a “grossly offensive” email that described a party as one that “makes fathers afraid to send their daughters away to school.” The fraternity’s suspension comes as the school faces scrutiny over its handling of alleged sexual assaults after two female […]

September 13, 2016

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University of Oregon Removing Klan-affiliated Name from Building

The University of Oregon’s board of trustees has voted to remove the name of a classics professor from a student dormitory on campus because of his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.

September 11, 2016

Leadership & Policy

UTSA President Ricardo Romo to Retire Next Year

Ricardo Romo, the longest serving and first Hispanic president in the University of Texas at San Antonio’s 47-year history, has announced that he will retire next year.

September 7, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Georgetown University to Atone for Slavery Ties

Georgetown derived operational funds from the profits of Maryland plantations and benefited from the sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838.

September 1, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Board Hires Kansas Attorney to Investigate North Dakota State President

FARGO, N.D. ― A Kansas investigator has been hired to look into whether embattled North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani violated state Board of Higher Education policy, university system officials said Thursday. The probe centers on now-rescinded media guidelines for covering Bison athletics that were roundly criticized by journalists and on social media before […]

September 1, 2016