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Faculty & Staff

Writing and Teaching Specialist

Delgado Community College is seeking an exceptional trailblazer with impeccable business acumen and leadership skills to direct its Business and Administrative Affairs unit. This individual must be a proven leader with a broad vision for the role of finance and administration and in achieving institutional excellence.

August 27, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student

Fort Valley State University, a state and land-grant institution of the University System of Georgia, seeks an experienced financial administrator to serve as Vice President for Business and Finance. Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Business and Finance is the University’s chief fiscal officer and provides strategic and tactical leadership.

August 27, 2013

Sports

Australian Killed in Oklahoma Followed College Dream

Chris Lane loved baseball, but knew it wouldn’t make him a star. Instead, the Australian youth with a quirky passion for America’s pastime came to the U.S. for a college education, found a girlfriend and died while training for what was likely his final year on the diamond.

August 22, 2013

Sports

North Carolina Central Fires Football Coach

North Carolina Central fired football coach Henry Frazier on Thursday, one week before the season opener and three days after he was arrested on a charge of violating a domestic violence protective order.

August 22, 2013

Students

FAMU Band Returns to the Field After 2 Year Suspension

Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 will return to the field Sept. 1 in Orlando, nearly two years after it was suspended because of a hazing-related death.

August 15, 2013

Students

American Indian Higher Education Consortium Celebrates 40 Years; Prepares for Future

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium addresses student retention, international partnerships and language preservation at annual conference in Santa Fe.

August 11, 2013

Leadership & Policy

NCAA Getting Out of Jersey-Selling Business

NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday it would stop the practice immediately after reports this week that team jerseys and other items linked to individual schools could be found on its own website by searching for specific player names.

August 8, 2013

Leadership & Policy

West Virginia State Asked to Renovate Aging Dorms

Preservationists are asking West Virginia State University to renovate its aging residence halls instead of tearing them down.

August 4, 2013

Sports

Hillsdale College President Refers to ‘Dark Ones’

The leader of a small Michigan college referred to the faces of minorities on his campus as “dark ones” during an appearance Wednesday before a legislative subcommittee in Lansing but later issued an apology.

August 1, 2013

Students

Va. College Settles Class Action Suit for $5M

RICHMOND Va.—A federal judge has approved a $5 million class action settlement between a two-year college and thousands of primarily African-American students saddled with loans in return for what their attorneys called a sham education in which teachers sometimes failed to show up for classes. The settlement involves the former Richmond School of Health and […]

July 28, 2013

Students

Commissioners Call for NCAA Changes Without Confrontation

HARTFORD Conn.—Larry Scott of the Pac-12 joined the chorus of commissioners calling for sweeping change in the NCAA, and said it can happen without confrontation and with the five most powerful football conferences still competing on the field with the other five. Scott was the last of the leaders of the big five conferences to […]

July 25, 2013

Students

Aetna Brochure Labels Contain U.Va. Students’ Info

The University of Virginia is notifying 18,700 students that their Social Security numbers were accidentally printed on address labels of health insurance brochures, U.Va. spokesman McGregor McCance said.

July 18, 2013