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Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

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Center Teaches Women Formula for Success

NASHVILLE — If it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in any field, as some experts suggest, Mildred Walters is an expert three times over for building successful small businesses. She brings more than 31,000 hours to her position as program director for the Pathway Women’s Business Center. She came out of retirement to […]

July 4, 2015

African-American

CIA Announces Plan to Do Better on Diversity

WASHINGTON, Jun 30, 2015 (AP) – The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, announcing a new effort to tackle the problem of a largely white workforce whose lack of diversity he says is undercutting the spy agency’s intelligence mission. Brennan […]

July 1, 2015

Students

Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College)

Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College) SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Williamsport, Pa Elliott Strickland Founded in 1914 Chief Student Affairs Officer www.pct.edu Founded in 1914 as the Williamsport Technical Institute, the Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College) is a special mission affiliate of the Pennsylvania State University. Since its founding in 1914, Penn College has […]

June 18, 2015

Students

Hampshire College

Hampshire College SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Amherst, MA Dr. Byron P. McCrae Founded in 1965 Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students www.hampshire.edu/student-life/student-life One of the youngest of this year’s Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs at Baccalaureate and Liberal Arts Institutions, Hampshire College was founded in 1965 when the presidents […]

June 18, 2015

Community Colleges

RAJIB SANYAL

RAJIB SANYAL has been named dean of the School of Business at Adelphi University. He was dean of the College of Business at Ball State University. Sanyal earned bachelor’s from the University of Calcutta and the University of Delhi, respectively. He received a master’s from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a doctorate from Georgia State University.

June 17, 2015

Faculty & Staff

BENJAMIN OLA. AKANDE

BENJAMIN OLA. AKANDE has been named president of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He will take office July 1. He currently serves as a professor of economics and dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University in St. Louis. He also leads Webster’s Office of Corporate Partnerships. Akande earned a bachelor’s from Wayland Baptist University and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.

June 17, 2015

Sports

Catholic College in Massachusetts Closing

A small Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts has announced that it is closing at the end of the academic year due to “insurmountable financial challenges.”

June 16, 2015

HBCUs

WSU, Bellevue College Move Toward Potential Partnership

Washington State University and Bellevue College have taken another step toward a potential future education partnership.

June 15, 2015

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ANAND S. DESAI

ANAND S. DESAI has been named dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University. He will assume the position in July. Desai is currently associate dean for academic administration at Kansas State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Maharaja Sayajirao University in India, a master’s from Iowa State University, an MBA from Oklahoma State University and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

June 10, 2015

Students

Proposal to Drug Test Members of Greek Life Dropped

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― A proposal to require drug testing of fraternity and sorority members living in Greek housing at the University of Missouri has been dropped.

June 8, 2015