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Students

Mills College Celebrates 20-year Anniversary of Protests

Mills College is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their board’s recommitment to single-sex education, which protesting students sought to preserve.

May 5, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Va. Lacrosse Player’s Killing Shocks Classmates

Leonard Sandridge, executive vice president of the University of Virginia, told reporters the campus was saddened, and that the pain is magnified because the accused is “one of our own.”

May 4, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Mason Says Jackson State Improved During 10-year Presidency

Jackson State University President Ronald Mason said Monday he’s leaving JSU with a better campus, a larger research budget and a stronger relationship with the local business community as he prepares to take a new job heading the Southern University System in Louisiana.

May 3, 2010

Leadership & Policy

University of Washington President Named NCAA Leader

University of Washington president Mark A. Emmert became the NCAA’s new chief executive on Tuesday, ending the search that began in November.

April 27, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Lawsuit Challenging Florida Legislature’s Tuition Authority Moves Forward

A group including former Gov. and ex-U.S. Sen. Bob Graham will continue a lawsuit challenging the Legislature’s authority to set tuition at state universities, although one of its partners has withdrawn.

April 26, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Hopefuls Interview for Southern University System Post

With final selection expected by the end of April, five semifinalists for the Southern University System presidency stated their cases Tuesday for why they should lead the nation’s only historically Black college system.

April 14, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Jackson State President Among Candidates Vying To Lead Southern University

JSU president Ronald Mason Jr. and Clarence Newsome, the former president of Shaw University in North Carolina, are the two latest applicants to join the pool of four semifinalists scheduled to interview Tuesday on campus, Southern officials said last week.

April 11, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Chicago State Provost: Famed Black Poet Not Singled Out for Retaliation

In a public response to the resignation of one of Chicago State University’s most celebrated faculty members, the university provost reiterated the position that the administration has not singled out acclaimed poet and activist Haki R. Madhubuti for retaliation.

April 6, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges Appreciate Attention, Need Money

Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for attention from the Obama administration but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them keep up with demand, let alone meet ambitious goals to make the U.S. the global leader in college graduates again by 2020.

April 5, 2010

Students

Meeting Brings Ohio University, HBCU Officials Together for Collaboration

Bridging the faculty-student digital technology divide was the focus of a conference held last week at Spelman College, launching the first meeting for a nine-member alliance among eight historically Black institutions and Ohio University.

March 23, 2010

Leadership & Policy

College President in Akron Leads University and City Transformation

Dr. Luis Proenza is credited with revitalizing the University of Akron and bringing economic development to the university’s home city.

March 11, 2010

Students

Preserving a Native Language and Culture

With the Myaamia Project at Miami University, the Miami Tribe seeks to rediscover its language and culture.

March 10, 2010