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Mississippi universities seeking $30 million more in 2015 budget
Share The College Board will seek roughly $30 million more in state money in the 2015 budget year. The board members voted Thursday to ask the Legislature for the money for Mississippi’s eight public universities. Although the 2014 budget year ... Read More »
Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship
Share Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited “to persons of the Caucasian race,” though the fellowship has not been granted in years. The Lydia C. Roberts ... Read More »
Nigeria: ICPC, NUC Seal 41 Illegal Universities
Share The joint task team of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission and National Universities Commission said they have commenced a nationwide operation to seal off identified illegal universities. The chairman of the task team, Professor Olu ... Read More »
IU president to visit Asia seeking to expand reach
Share Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is heading for South Korea, China and Taiwan seeking to broaden the school’s international reach. McRobbie will lead a group of IU officials who will leave Saturday for Asia. He plans to renew or ... Read More »
Notre Dame to open three new international programs
Share The University of Notre Dame’s International Studies office has announced that it will offer three new opportunities for study abroad in South Korea, Spain and Switzerland in spring 2014. Notre Dame and Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, will ... Read More »
Notre Dame establishes Office of Postdoctoral Scholars
Share To ensure that postdoctoral scholars in the early stages of their careers receive necessary resources, training, mentoring and comprehensive professional development support, the University of Notre Dame is forming an Office of Postdoctoral Scholars. The newly formed office will ... Read More »
Kelley program grabs prestigious ranking
Share An international publication ranks the Indiana University Kelley School of Business‘ custom executive education among the world’s best. The Financial Times places the Kelley Executive Partners program 35th in the world, 14th in the U.S. and first in the ... Read More »
Missouri’s Wolfe ranks 100th in pay among public universities
Share University of Missouri System President Timothy Wolfe was paid total compensation of $450,000 in fiscal 2012, ranking him as the 100th highest-paid public university president in the United States, and that was partial-year compensation. Wolfe also received use of ... Read More »
UO recognized as one of the greenest universities
Share From having one of the oldest and most well-regarded environmental law programs to being the first university in the nation to offer a green chemistry curriculum, the University of Oregon strives for excellence when it comes to being environmentally ... Read More »
Clemson University names interim provost
Share Nadim Aziz was named Clemson University’s interim provost and vice president for academic affairs to replace Doris Helms when she retires next month, the university reported. Aziz, who was chairman of the university’s civil engineering department when he was ... Read More »
