Tag: Presidents/Chancellors: Page 89

Leadership & Policy

INTERIM EXPERTISE

By keeping an institution moving forward, retired executives can assist colleges and universities until a permanent replacement is hired.

November 11, 2009

Students

Grambling President Makes Abrupt Departure

Citing family member’s illness, Dr. Horace Judson leaves top post at cash-strapped historically Black Louisiana university.

November 8, 2009

Students

Obama Community College Proposal May Not Be Enough

President Barack Obama wants to invest some $12 billion in community colleges with the aim of seeing an additional 5 million students graduate by 2020.

November 1, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Haskell Indian Nation U. President Faces Backlash on Tuition

Haskell Indian Nation University President Linda Sue Warner’s ambitious plans for the campus, and the proposed fee hike to finance them, have been met with strong opposition.

October 26, 2009

Leadership & Policy

U of Ill. Chancellor Quits Amid Admissions Scandal

University of Illinois Chancellor Dr. Richard Herman resigned Tuesday following months of pressure after reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus.

October 20, 2009

Students

UW Bothell Chancellor Champions For Diversity Among College Leadership

The under-representation of minorities, particularly Asian-Americans, in U.S. college presidencies can be due to the fact that many potential minority leaders in the faculty ranks are “ignored” and “overlooked,” said University of Washington Bothell Chancellor Dr. Kenyon S. Chan, who encourages chancellors to think hard about how they develop leadership on their campuses.

October 20, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation

Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”

October 8, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies

Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.

October 4, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Decision on UND Fighting Sioux Nickname Postponed

The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has postponed a decision on the fate of the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname, saying it wants to give one of the namesake tribes a chance to vote on the issue.

October 1, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Making It Known That Latinos Have an Education ‘Ally and Partner’

White House Hispanic education leader seeks to build links to educators and improve visibility of Hispanic-Serving Institutions with federal agencies.

September 29, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Review: A Look At All Other Sides of A University Presidency

Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg’s book, “Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education” (Simon and Schuster, 2008), provides the reader with an extraordinary personal and sensitive look into the multifaceted responsibilities, challenges, problems, highlights and pitfalls of being the top administrator at one of nation’s venerable universities.

September 21, 2009

Leadership & Policy

UT-Austin Tightens Admissions to Top 8 Percent of Class

It’s getting a bit harder for students to get into the University of Texas.

September 17, 2009