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Haslam Names Boards for Tennessee State, University of Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. ― Gov. Bill Haslam named former University of Memphis interim president Brad Martin and Democratic fundraiser Bill Freeman to newly independent university boards on Wednesday. The new boards at the University of Memphis and Tennessee State University in Nashville are part of the Republican governor’s initiative to spin six four-year public universities out […]

October 12, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Temple University Makes Acting President Permanent

PHILADELPHIA ― Temple University’s acting president is staying on as the head of the school. The university’s board of trustees on Tuesday named Richard Englert as Temple’s president. The 70-year-old was appointed acting president in July, after the board forced out former president Neil Theobald over a deficit in the merit scholarship aid budget and […]

October 12, 2016

Students

Judge Permanently Blocks Governor’s Order Abolishing University of Louisville Board

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A Kentucky judge has blocked efforts by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to replace the board of trustees at the University of Louisville, setting up a likely battle before the state Supreme Court. The ruling from Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Wednesday permanently blocks an executive order Bevin issued earlier this year […]

September 28, 2016

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President Obama Nominates Howard University Chair to National Council

President Obama has nominated Dr. Dana A. Williams, chair of the Department of English at Howard University, to serve as a member of the National Council on the Humanities.

September 21, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois Names Robert J. Jones of SUNY-Albany as Chancellor

Dr. Robert J. Jones, the president of the State University of New York at Albany has been selected to become the next chancellor of the University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

July 19, 2016

Students

Eloy Oakley Named Chancellor of California Community Colleges System

Eloy Oakley becomes the first Latino to lead the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest and most diverse system of public higher education.

July 18, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Akron Announces Interim President

AKRON, Ohio ― The University of Akron has announced its interim president. The university’s Board of Trustees on Monday named School of Law Dean Matthew Wilson as interim president. In a statement, the university says Wilson has increased enrollment and employment rates at the School of Law. Wilson says he’s humbled by the appointment. He […]

July 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professors’ Group Votes to Sanction University of Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― A national group of professors has voted unanimously to sanction the University of Iowa for the way the school hired its new president. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the century-old American Association of University Professors voted Saturday to sanction UI for “substantial non-compliance with standards of academic government” during the […]

June 19, 2016

Leadership & Policy

CUNY’s Frank Sanchez Named President of Rhode Island College

WARWICK, R.I. ― Rhode Island College has a new president. Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York, was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president after a vote Wednesday by the Council on Postsecondary Education, The Providence Journal reported. He is expected to start his new job in the […]

May 12, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Regents Approve Early Retirement for Embattled Chancellor

LAS VEGAS ― Nevada higher education regents approved an early retirement deal Thursday for Chancellor Dan Klaich after he said his role in developing a new college funding formula with lawmakers a few years ago has become a distraction. Regents poured out praise for Klaich during a special board meeting, saying they were reluctantly approving […]

May 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS JOO

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS JOO has been appointed associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Ohio Wesleyan University. Rojas is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Ohio Wesleyan. Rojas earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

JAYATI GHOSH

JAYATI GHOSH has been appointed dean of the School of Business Administration and a professor of international business at Widener University. She was associate dean of the Barowsky School of Business at Dominican University of California. Ghosh earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Calcutta in India, a master’s from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, and a doctorate from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

May 4, 2016