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Faculty & Staff

JHU Faculty Protest Armed Police Force on Campus

More than a 100 faculty members at Johns Hopkins University is protesting a plan to create an armed school police force at the private Baltimore university, according to a report in The Baltimore Sun. “If Johns Hopkins wants to cultivate better relations with its neighbors and with the City government, the creation of a private […]

January 27, 2020

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Board of Trustees Appoints New Paine College President

Dr. Cheryl Evans Jones has been appointed president of Paine College. Jones previously served as provost and vice president of academic affairs of the historically Black Methodist liberal arts college in Augusta, Georgia. In July, she became the active president after Dr. Jerry L. Hardee retired. Jones is credited with helping the university’s accreditation initiatives. […]

October 21, 2019

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MCCC President Faces Discrimination Lawsuit, Faculty Vote of ‘No Confidence’

Mercer County Community College (MCCC) and its president Dr. Jianping Wang is under fire for what ousted former vice president of academic affairs Dr. James Brandon Shaw alleges is unlawful racial discrimination, according to a lawsuit filed April 30 in the Superior Court of New Jersey.

May 8, 2019

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Coastal Bend College President Ousted by Trustees

The Coastal College Board of Trustees voted to fire the college’s president of nearly seven years during a recent closed-door meeting.

April 29, 2019

HBCUs

Early Presidential Departure Makes Room for New Interim President at Saint Augustine’s University

Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) alumnus Dr. Gaddis Faulcon is now interim president of the Raleigh-based university following the Board of Trustees’ request for former president Dr. Everett Ward to step down last week, four months ahead of his planned retirement.

March 20, 2019

Community Colleges

Survey: Growing Disparity in Backgrounds of Community College Trustees and Students

Survey results recently published by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) highlight the continued racial and gender diversity gap between community college board of trustees around the country compared to its student population.

October 24, 2018

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Indiana U. Trustees Vote to Remove Segregationist’s Name From Building

Trustees at Indiana University voted this month to strip the name of a racial integration opponent from one of the college’s buildings, according to ABC News. The intramural center on the Bloomington campus will no longer carry the name of Ora Wildermuth, who was a trustee at the school from 1925 to 1952. It was […]

October 8, 2018

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Study Reveals Perceptions of the Student Voice on Campuses

WASHINGTON – Leaders of student government organizations on college campuses perceive themselves as having more impact on institutional decision-making when they have a right to speak during discussion as opposed to an ability to vote later in the process, according to a study by the National Campus Leadership Council.

September 20, 2018

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More Pizzagate Fallout: Purdue Takes Name Off Building, Offers to Return $8M Gift

The John H. Schnatter Center for Economic Research will soon revert to its old name as the Purdue University Research Center in Economics, and the school is offering to return $8 million Schnatter once donated following revelations that the Papa John’s founder used the n-word during a conference call in May, ABC News has reported. […]

August 6, 2018

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University Overrules Staff Vote to Revoke Trump’s Degree

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Lehigh University’s board of trustees will not revoke President Donald Trump’s honorary degree after nearly two-thirds of the school’s faculty voted to do so. The board issued a statement Friday saying it is committed to demonstrating openness to a wide range of views. A school committee announced Tuesday that about 300 faculty […]

March 4, 2018

HBCUs

Arkansas Baptist College Fires Its President

Dr. Joseph L. Jones has been ousted from his role as president of the HBCU, for his “lack of transparency,” according to board of trustees.

December 18, 2017

Students

Board of Trustees Making a Mess at Morehouse

Morehouse College will inevitably lose its national stature if the board of trustees continues to micromanage the day-to-day function of the college and refuses to allow their presidents to lead.

April 9, 2017