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Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois at Chicago Bidding to Host President Obama Library

Officials with several Chicago sites as well as President Obama’s birthplace of Hawaii have stepped forward, hoping to be chosen.

November 24, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Obama to Announce $100M in Education Grants for HS Students

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is announcing $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy.

November 19, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Parent Plus Loan Tightening Yields Negative Consequences

Paying for college has always been a struggle for Christian Fair, a first-generation computer engineering student at Johnson C. Smith University.

November 12, 2013

Students

Clemson Chooses Clements of West Virginia University as New President

Clements succeeds Jim Barker, who announced plans in April to retire after 14 years and become an architecture professor at the school.

November 11, 2013

Leadership & Policy

From Health Care to College Apps, Computer Glitches Shouldn’t Distract From Bigger Goal

I am no Luddite, but I know the wholesale embrace of technology can come back and bite us in the you-know-where.

October 21, 2013

Students

Ala. Governor Calls Special Meeting of ASU Board

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has called a special meeting of the Alabama State University Board of Trustees to discuss the search for a new school president and an audit critical of the university’s finances.

October 20, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Bynum Appointed MVSU President

The College Board unanimously voted Tuesday to appoint William Bynum as the next president of Mississippi Valley State University.

October 8, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Arkansas State Losing Army ROTC Program

The U.S. Department of the Army officially informed Arkansas State University on Wednesday that its 77-year-old Army ROTC program will be ended, the university said.

October 3, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Howard U. President Ribeau Retires

The president of Howard University — regarded by many as one of the nation’s most prestigious Black universities — has announced that he will retire from his post in December after five years on the job.

October 1, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Alumni President Dropped From Lane Trustees Board

The head of the Lane College National Alumni Association has been dropped from the school’s board of trustees, but no one is discussing what led to the dismissal.

September 30, 2013

Students

Dr. Maya Angelou Wins High Honor

The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, announced that it would award its 2013 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Dr. Maya Angelou at the 64th National Book Awards Ceremony in New York on November 20 in New York.

September 30, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: The Spirit of a Trailblazer

Dr. Pamela Gunter-Smith recently broke the glass ceiling to become the first female and first African-American president of York College of Pennsylvania.

September 23, 2013