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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Fayetteville State faculty criticize selection of chancellor who's backed school choice and Silent Sam agreement, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 11 hours, 42 minutes ago
The blowback was swift after the University of North Carolina Board of Governors chose one of its own to be the next chancellor of Fayetteville State University.
The board's pick, Darrell Allison, resigned […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, New Cal Grant bill would expand eligibility, bringing major changes to state financial aid program, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 days, 11 hours ago
Hundreds of thousands of additional California students, particularly older students, could become eligible for financial aid through a proposed overhaul to the state's grant program.
Two Democratic […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Salem College refocuses its curriculum on health and leadership, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 days, 11 hours ago
A handful of colleges have debuted health-related programs during the pandemic, and Salem College just joined their ranks.
The small women’s liberal arts college in Winston-Salem, N.C., announced Wednesday that […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Faculty turned to digital materials in lieu of print textbooks after pandemic hit, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 5 days, 11 hours ago
For the first year on record, more faculty members used learning management systems than print course materials when teaching classes, according a new report released Tuesday from the National Association of […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Pandemic forces college fundraisers to abandon tried-and-true strategies, go digital, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 6 days, 11 hours ago
Academics and athletics got most of the press, but the pandemic also interrupted fundraising efforts when it forced colleges and universities to temporarily close their campuses last spring.
Juan McGruder, vice […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, College and university endowments post worst returns in five years, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 3 days ago
Colleges and universities spent more from their endowments during a fiscal year that ended amid the pandemic despite recording lower-than-average returns, according to the latest annual study of endowments from […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Colleges and universities shiver through dangerous conditions as record winter weather sweeps across central and southern U.S., on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 5 days ago
Record-breaking low temperatures and winter storms across the southern and central United States caused widespread power outages and forced dozens of colleges to close for at least several days.
The storms hit […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Governors propose cuts, increases and other changes for higher ed funding, depending on the state, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 6 days ago
Many states slashed higher education funding last year, fearing the pandemic would torpedo state revenues. The higher education sector, no stranger to steep cuts during economic recessions, braced for further […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, WVU's E. Gordon Gee noncommittal as lawmakers explore eliminating personal income taxes, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 5 days ago
E. Gordon Gee, president of West Virginia University, walked a narrow line Tuesday amid a discussion about eliminating the state’s personal income tax, indicating such a move could be successful in the long term b […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Giving to colleges flattens without Bloomberg gift in 2020, ending decade of growth, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Charitable giving to colleges and universities was essentially flat in the 2020 fiscal year despite the pandemic. For the first time in a decade, total giving to higher education institutions fell slightly, from […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Delaware State adds funding for Wesley College acquisition: MacKenzie Scott money, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks ago
Buoyed with cash from two major gifts, Delaware State University is on track to complete its acquisition of Wesley College in July.
In December, the public historically Black land-grant university announced the […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Sociopolitical factors stronger influence than pandemic severity in some college reopening decisions, study says, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 3 days ago
In fall reopening announcements, colleges and universities emphasized student and employee safety as important in their decision making. But a new working paper finds state and county sociopolitical features had a […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, California Lutheran University donor redirects his multimillion-dollar gift to support students, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 weeks ago
When Steven Dorfman moved into a retirement village across the street from California Lutheran University, he’d never heard of the small California institution.
“I wandered across the street to find out what […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Concordia College New York will close this summer, Iona College to purchase campus, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
The Concordia University system must brace for yet another closure. Concordia College New York, a small, Lutheran liberal arts college in Bronxville, N.Y., will close this summer, it announced Thursday.
Iona […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Notre Dame de Namur hopes to prevent closure by focusing on online graduate programs, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
Notre Dame de Namur University may have found the miracle its leaders were praying for last spring. Through a transformative pivot to online and graduate education, the university may be able to remain open for […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Research alliance aims to elevate profile of regional public colleges, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
Rural, regional colleges are economic and cultural engines for the communities they serve. But these institutions receive little public attention for their contributions and are often only noticed when they are […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, HBCUs receive boost from capital loan forgiveness, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 1 week ago
Historically Black colleges and universities received much-needed debt relief from the federal government as part of the recent COVID-19 relief bill, a change leaders say allows them more financial freedom to […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, More than half of Great Recession-era bachelor’s degree holders owned homes in 2018, report shows, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ten years after earning their bachelor’s degree, 86 percent of college graduates had a retirement account and 63 percent owned a home, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Sta […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Iowa Wesleyan, Southeastern Community College team up to encourage student transfer, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Two Iowa institutions announced Tuesday they will form a public-private alliance that will encourage student transfer and aim to boost enrollment at both institutions.
Iowa Wesleyan University, a private liberal […]
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Emma Whitford wrote a new post, Morris Brown’s accreditation would mean ‘resurrection’ for HBCU long on the brink of closure, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Three things saved Morris Brown College, according to its president: God, alumni and the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
After nearly two decades in bankruptcy proceedings, rebuilding a crumbling campus and […]
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