Tag: Presidents/Chancellors: Page 99

Students

N.H. Catholic College Wants Twice the Diversity

St. Anselm College, a Roman Catholic college here, wants to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans and other minorities.

November 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Indiana University Panel Won’t Remove Segregationist’s Name

The chairman of an Indiana University committee says the panel will recommend adding a Black basketball player’s name to a gymnasium named after a longtime trustee who advocated racial segregation in the 1940s.

November 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

November 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hill Harper Encourages Financial Fitness Among HBCU Students

The critically acclaimed actor and New York Times best-selling author, Hill Harper worked tirelessly to advance the cause of change for his friend and former classmate, President-elect Barack Obama.

November 9, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Overcoming the College President’s Achilles’ Heel: Fundraising

Today’s college president must be more than a visionary leader, motivational manager and innovative administrator.

October 29, 2008

Students

Universities Struggle to Cover Operating Costs

With declines in the stock market and less access to credit, some institutions are looking at their financial bottom lines more closely.

October 29, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Cosby: Black Colleges Should Demand More from Alumni

Noted author and humorist Bill Cosby recently took historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to task for not making their alumni give back.

October 28, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Nebraska Chancellor: No One Made Him Cancel Ayers

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman says no one strong-armed him into canceling the visit of William Ayers, and that if they had, he would have resigned.

October 21, 2008

Leadership & Policy

School’s Fundraising Pitch Gives Alumni the Blahs

An attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word “blah” 137 times has some Framingham State College alumni questioning the school’s professionalism, judgment and … blah, blah, blah.

October 21, 2008

Students

Haskell Indian Nations University President Under Fire

The embattled president of Haskell Indian Nations University is standing firm while the university’s Board of Regents asks for her dismissal and nearly half of the students have signed petitions seeking her resignation.

October 20, 2008

Students

Critics of MVSU president pick set to protest

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state’s preferred choice to lead Mississippi Valley State University is scheduled to visit the campus Tuesday. Donna Oliver’s visit will come amid a protest from students and alumni seeking to prevent her from being named the school’s next president. The College Board selected Oliver, the provost and vice president of […]

October 19, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. ALLEN SESSOMS is president of the University of the District of Columbia. Formerly, he served as president of Delaware State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Union College, a master’s from the University of Washington and a doctorate from Yale University. JACQUES FUQUA JR. is director of the International Affairs Center at Indiana State […]

October 15, 2008