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Opinion

Give All Students a Chance to Walk Across the Stage

College study still remains out of reach for many, but support for early college programs could help overcome the hurdles.

May 20, 2015

Students

RONALD A. JOHNSON

RONALD A. JOHNSON has been appointed president of Clark Atlanta University. He is currently dean of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Tennessee State University. Johnson earned a bachelor’s and an MBA from Adelphi University. He earned a master’s and a doctorate from Stanford University.

May 5, 2015

Students

Texas A&M Galveston Professor Fails Entire Class

A Texas A&M Galveston professor has failed every student in his strategic management class, berating them via email as a disgrace to the school.

April 28, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARIE LYNN MIRANDA

MARIE LYNN MIRANDA has been named provost of Rice University, effective July 1. She was the Samuel A. Graham Dean and a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. Miranda earned a bachelor’s from Duke University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

April 20, 2015

Leadership & Policy

NC Community College System President Leaving for Va. Job

The president of North Carolina’s community college system is leaving to become president of Northern Virginia Community College.

April 16, 2015

Community Colleges

Life Goes On Regardless of a Particular Outcome

A student’s first-choice school may not necessarily be the best one for them.

April 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Illinois State Players, Coaches Mourn 7 Victims of Plane Crash

A news conference at Illinois State University to discuss the seven school officials and fans who died in a plane crash while returning from the NCAA Tournament became a tearful, moving memorial Wednesday.

April 8, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University

As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.

April 6, 2015

Students

COLLEEN HANYCZ

COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

April 6, 2015

Students

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS has been appointed associate dean of international affairs for the School of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. She was director of the Women in Public Service Project and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. De Silva de Alwis earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

April 6, 2015

Students

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

April 6, 2015

Students

School: What is it Good for?

The nature and purpose behind the American education system are not always consistent with the methods of teaching nor the outcome.

April 5, 2015