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Faculty & Staff

College Endowments: Rich Get Richer

New figures on university endowments confirm it’s not just the “haves” and “have nots” in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there’s a growing group of the newly rich schools, and at the top of the heap a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.

January 24, 2008

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: ACE Names First Woman President

Former UNC president Molly Corbett Broad was named president of ACE; Johns Hopkins researchers find Blacks’ reluctance to participate in medical studies is a direct result of the Tuskegee experiment; and recipients of the Tien Education Leadership Awards are announced.

January 14, 2008

Students

Diversity Debate Shakes Up Quiet Liberal Arts Campus

GRANVILLE, Ohio Nooses on a poster advertising a Halloween singing concert set off two weeks of debate and protest at Denison University, a largely White liberal arts campus. The college choir, which had invited students to “come hang with us,” removed the posters, canceled the concert and turned the event into a forum on discrimination. But some students say the ad was the last straw and exposed an ugly side to this expensive university situated in a quaint central Ohio town.

November 29, 2007

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ACE Reports the Lowest GED Pass Rate in Five Years

Just 68 percent of General Educational Development (GED) test-takers passed the high school equivalency exam in 2006 — the lowest pass rate since a more rigorous exam was introduced five years ago, a recent analysis by the American Council on Education (ACE) indicates.

November 26, 2007

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College Costs Rise, Undercut Gains in Financial Aid

Tuition and other fees at two-year and four-year institutions rose significantly higher this year compared to the previous academic year, outpacing the slow growth of federal financial aid, according to a recent report released the by College Board.

October 22, 2007

HBCUs

Leonard Haynes Named Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has named Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, replacing Charles M. Greene, who abruptly resigned earlier this month.

October 22, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

Getting to Know: Dr. Gregory Chan

Dr. Gregory Chan is provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University in Miami, where he has been second-incommand since 2001.

October 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

College Investments Net Good Returns, Questions About High Costs

Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep down tuition.

October 15, 2007

Health

ACE Examines Older Adults’ Participation in Higher Education

For most, pursuing a college education is a youthful endeavor reserved for students 35 years of age and under, however, researchers at the American Council on Education (ACE) are trying to change that.

October 14, 2007

HBCUs

White House HBCU Initiative Chief Quits During Contentious Board Meeting

On the job for slightly over a year, White House Initiative on HBCUs Executive Director Charles Greene has called it quits. This came at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs last week, in which several members expressed frustration with Greene for failing to deliver on time a completed 2004-05 report on federal agencies’ grant activity with HBCUs.

October 2, 2007

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University of Connecticut’s new president being assisted by transition team

The University of Connecticut’s new president is getting some pointers from a transition team similar to those often used to help new corporate executives.

October 1, 2007

Sports

In Brief: Bats Take Over Texas Southern Dorm

More than 200 TSU students evacuated; Black Manhattan Community College players allege racial attack; and ACE reports minority student college participation rate lags.

September 19, 2007