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Leadership & Policy

High Point University Giving Has Aim To Build Elite School

The recent announcement of $40 million in gifts to High Point University feeds into the school’s 10-year plan to raise and spend $2.1 billion and to define itself as an up-and-coming Southeastern private university.

April 25, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Aspen Institute Launches Community College Competition

Top Obama Administration officials joined philanthropic leaders to announce a $1 million prize for community colleges that do an outstanding job of moving students from campus to careers.

April 25, 2011

Leadership & Policy

State Rep. Hank Huckaby Named Finalist for Ga. Universities Post

By state law, the board must wait 14 days after naming finalists to officially vote on an appointment. Board of Regents Chairman Willis Potts said Huckaby is the right man for the moment.

April 24, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Tornado-damaged Shaw University Closes Doors for the School Year

Officials at Shaw University decided to end the semester early after a storm damaged buildings and displaced students.

April 20, 2011

Leadership & Policy

University of the West Indies Team Triumphs at HBCU Business Plan Competition

More than 300 students from 21 historically or predominantly Black colleges competed, presenting business proposals that ranged from construction and land surveying improvements to the mass production of Jamaican ginger.

April 17, 2011

Students

Arkansas Near Bottom in U.S. College Degrees Earned

A report by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education indicates fewer than 38 percent of those who entered the state’s public universities in 2004 had earned a degree within six years.

April 11, 2011

Students

Northwestern University Says It Was Misled By Renowned Journalism Professor

Northwestern University has taken public its dispute with a journalism professor whose students are credited with helping free wrongfully convicted prison inmates, accusing him of misleading officials about his handling of a wrongful conviction investigation.

April 7, 2011

Students

FAMU Board Approves President’s Restructuring Plan

A total of 89 jobs will be lost directly related to the plan, while another 109 employees will be laid off on June 30 because they were funded by the federal stimulus program.

April 7, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Debate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO Conference

The president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.

April 5, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Washburn University Pushing to Attract Students From India

Students from India are the latest target in Washburn University President Jerry Farley’s efforts to attract more international students to the school’s campus in Topeka.

April 4, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Are ‘Charter Universities’ the Future of State-funded Higher Education?

In states such as Oregon, Louisiana and Wisconsin, flagship universities are inching away from their traditional patrons in the statehouse, accepting lower levels of state funding in exchange for freedom from state regulations.

March 31, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Southern University’s Chancellor Candidates Narrowed Down

The top 10 applicants for the chancellor’s job at Southern University – Baton Rouge include Philander Smith College’s “hip-hop prez” and a former LSU administrator.

March 30, 2011