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Leadership & Policy

Former Georgia Legislator Named New Chancellor at ECU

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― The UNC Board of Governors has chosen a former Georgia legislator as the new chancellor at East Carolina University. Cecil Staton, currently the interim president of Valdosta State University, was unanimously elected during the board’s specially called meeting in Chapel Hill on Wednesday. His salary will be $450,000, and he assumes […]

April 27, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Hearing Officer Awards $175K to Harassed MSU-Northern Dean

HAVRE, Mont. ― A hearing officer with the Montana Human Rights Commission has awarded $175,000 to a dean at Montana State University-Northern who complained that the former provost sexually harassed him. Hearing officer Terry Spear said the university owed Randy Bachmeier damages for emotional distress, the Havre Daily News reported. The former Provost, Rosalyn Templeton, […]

April 26, 2016

Leadership & Policy

South Dakota State Dean Dunn Named University President

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― Barry Dunn, the dean of South Dakota State University’s College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, was named the school’s 20th president on Monday. Kathryn Johnson, the South Dakota Board of Regents member who chaired the presidential search committee, said Dunn is a tested and consistently successful leader with a relevant vision […]

April 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Fisk Provost Resigns, Taking U. of Minnesota, Morris Job

Fisk University’s road to stable leadership has hit another major bump.

April 21, 2016

Students

Senate OKs Bill to Allow Gun Carry on Tennessee Campuses

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― The state Senate on Tuesday voted to allow faculty and workers with handgun carry permits to be armed on the campuses of Tennessee public colleges and universities. The bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell passed on a 28-5 vote, and the House was expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Republican Gov. […]

April 20, 2016

Leadership & Policy

MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH

MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH has been named president of Contra Costa College. She was interim president of Contra Costa. Mehdizadeh earned a bachelor’s from San Francisco State University and a master’s from California State University, East Bay.

April 20, 2016

Students

RAJEEV PARIKH

RAJEEV PARIKH has been named executive vice president for academic affairs at American International College. He was dean of the Walker College of Business and Management at Mercyhurst University. Parikh received a bachelor’s and a master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

April 20, 2016

Leadership & Policy

President Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement Address

President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at […]

April 14, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Michigan College President Could be Fired Over Spending

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — A college in southwestern Michigan says the school’s new president was suspended and could be fired because of unapproved spending and improper management. Jennifer Spielvogel was suspended with pay Friday at Lake Michigan College, near Benton Harbor. She started in January after working at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Lake Michigan […]

April 13, 2016

Students

Diverse on the Go

Vice President Ralph Newell will be representing Diverse at the AACC 96th Annual Convention this weekend in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. Please stop by the Diverse exhibit at booth #1320. Staff writer Jamaal Abdul-Alim is covering the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting today through Sunday in Washington, D.C.

April 7, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Arizona President Keeping Controversial Job at For-profit DeVry

TUCSON, Ariz. — The president of Arizona’s second-largest university continues to face criticism over a side job as a board member for the company that operates DeVry University, a for-profit school facing a lawsuit from the federal government alleging that it misled students about job prospects. The University of Arizona’s Ann Weaver Hart took the […]

April 7, 2016

Students

Ex-Indianapolis Mayor Drops Bid for Ivy Tech President

INDIANAPOLIS ― One prominent candidate is out of the running to head up Indiana’s statewide community college system, with former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard withdrawing his name. Ballard and former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann were among more than 30 applicants to become the new president of Ivy Tech Community College. Ballard said in a statement […]

April 6, 2016