Tag: Fundraising: Page 30

Leadership & Policy

Under New Management

More university governing boards are hiring presidents whose career achievements occurred outside of academia as the task of running universities becomes increasingly multifaceted, experts say.

November 12, 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

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

Home

Recognition Overdue

Baba El-Senzengakulu Zulu, formerly Lester McKinnie, salutes the crowd at Tennessee State University after receiving an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the university last month.

October 15, 2008

Students

Scholarship Lets Sudan Native Get Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. Makwei Mabioor Deng looked out the shuttle-bus window on his way to class at George Washington University and wondered aloud whether there were crocodiles in the Potomac River. Three weeks earlier, he had never been on a plane, never heard of a microwave oven, never seen a library full of books and computers. […]

October 12, 2008

Latinx

Puerto Rican Fund Expands Its Title

New York’s Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund is changing its name.

October 7, 2008

Latinx

Shakira Expanding Focus to Global Poverty

Shakira, the highest-selling Colombian singing artist of all time and a longtime activist for Latin American’s poor children, plans to make her Colombian children’s foundation a global one in the near future.

September 30, 2008

Native Americans

Ellis Island Adding Histories of Indians, Slaves

Ellis Island is expanding its story of U.S. immigration history, including for the first time Native Americans and African slaves and adding modern arrivals.

September 28, 2008

STEM

Pennsylvania State University System Snuffs Out All Smoking

With virtually no warning, smoking at 14 of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities has been banned anywhere on campus even outdoors.

September 16, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Kent State Faculty Get Bonuses for Meeting Goals

Kent State University is offering financial bonuses to professors if they help student retention numbers and attract more research dollars, an incentive usually given to school presidents and top administrators.

September 10, 2008

HBCUs

Morehouse Seeks to Build a ‘World House’ With King Collection

Morehouse College is teaming up with Atlanta’s leaders to develop the $125 million center that will exhibit the Morehouse King Collection and highlight the role of historically black colleges and universities in social justice struggles.

September 2, 2008

Students

When It Comes To Funding, Community Colleges Have to Emulate Four-Year Schools

California’s community colleges, the largest higher education system in the nation, have launched a three-year campaign to create a $100 million endowment for scholarships.

August 25, 2008