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Students

Clemson President Barker to Return to Teaching

Clemson President Jim Barker is going back to being an architecture professor after 14 years leading the school.

April 16, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Study Backs Liberal Arts, But Questions Graduates’ Competence

Hidden deeper in the findings is the disclosure that more than 40 percent of employers already don’t think colleges are teaching students what they need to know to succeed.

April 11, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry

Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”

April 11, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Florida A&M Suspends Search for New President

Florida A&M University on Friday abruptly halted its search for a new president after the university board chairman contended it was the wrong time to move ahead with a new leader.

March 17, 2013

Students

Southern Mississippi Leaning Toward Hiring Black President

The school is likely to become the first of the state’s historically White public universities to be led by a Black man.

February 3, 2013

Home

Report Discusses Top Trends in Student Enrollment

Trends “have created a marketplace situation where higher education administrators must think differently and evolve in a manner that responds to the needs of individuals, families and our society.”

January 24, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Rodney Priestley Exemplifies the Rigor of Research in the Ivy Leagues

Dr. Rodney Priestley was sure he’d be a marine biologist or a geologist. But somewhere along the line, the Princeton professor changed his mind and ended up a chemical engineer.

January 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Alabama State Audit Likely to Cost Over $500K

Representatives for Gov. Robert Bentley Robert Bentley -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 DaysBiographies Plus Newssay the state will likely spend over $500,000 on a forensic audit surrounding contract concerns at Alabama State University.

January 1, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Mayor Supports Ouster of UDC President

The University of the District of Columbia board of trustees, citing the need to “go in a different direction,” fired Sessoms with nearly a year left on his contract.

December 20, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Black Conservatives on Campus Stay Their Course

Finding themselves in the midst of liberal peers, Black conservatives embrace “not just a political ideology, but a way of life.”

December 18, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Staff Ordered to Cooperate with Audit

The interim president of Alabama State University is ordering senior staffers to cooperate with an audit at the school.

December 6, 2012

Students

Redford Creates Ecology Program with Calif. College

A California college is teaming up with Robert Redford to create a program where students can combine environmental studies with media and liberal arts.

November 20, 2012