Washington Post: Gallaudet Trustees Split on Fernandes
Gallaudet University trustees have split in their support for incoming president Jane K. Fernandes, a shift from their united front endorsing her as the best person to lead the school for the deaf.
Last night, Fernandes said some members of the board of trustees have asked her to resign amid growing pressure from a coalition of students, faculty, alumni and staff who oppose her.
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Union-Tribune: CSU trustees cancel SDSU meeting
San Diego State University professors yanked the red carpet out from under their bosses.
The uninvite happened yesterday after some SDSU faculty balked at the estimated $225,000 cost to host the California State University board of trustees’ March meeting.
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Washington Post: Deaf Advocate Blasts Arrests
The president of the National Association of the Deaf weighed in yesterday on what she called the “totally unnecessary” arrests Friday night of 133 protesters at Gallaudet University in a dispute with campus administrators, and urged the board of trustees to take command of a situation that “is out of control.”
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The Washinton Post: Intensity of Gallaudet Unrest Surprised Incoming Leader
Until about a week ago, incoming president Jane K. Fernandes thought things were going well at Gallaudet University.
Since May, when protests erupted for two weeks after she was named the next leader of the school for the deaf, Fernandes said she has been trying to move forward, working with people on campus and developing a diversity plan to address issues of discrimination that are upsetting many in the community. And things were quiet over the summer. “So I was surprised by the intensity of this,” she said.
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The Chronicle: http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/10/2006100903n.htm
In panel discussions that were part of its annual meeting, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni wrestled with intellectual diversity, academic freedom, curriculum reform, and lax university management.
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WATE 6: Faculty votes no confidence in Carson-Newman president
A majority of the faculty at Carson-Newman College Thursday voted no confidence in the leadership of President James Netherton.
The vote of 129-71 was announced by Dr. David Nowell, the senior vice president for advancement and administration.
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The Oregonian: College president goes on leave after months of campus strife
Clackamas Community College President Joe Johnson went on leave Monday after months of turmoil among the school’s top leaders.
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The Charlotte Observer: State audit finds N.C. Central hired workers who used fake ID’s
North Carolina Central University hired workers who used fraudulent Social Security numbers and some of them may have used the identification to obtain state driver’s licenses, according a report from the state auditor.
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Washington Post: Protesters Renew Fight Over Choice Of President
Inside Higher Ed:
Last spring, when protesters took their tents down from Gallaudet University’s grounds after graduation, they posted signs: We’ll be back.
This week, they once again pitched tents and signs to tell the board of trustees, meeting tomorrow and Friday, that they’re still angry about the incoming president and the way she was chosen. Some students and faculty walked out of classes yesterday, demanding that the presidential search be reopened and that there be no reprisals against protesters.
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Inside Higher Ed: Paying for Performance
Just days after The Wall Street Journal published an in-depth look at the seven-figure compensation package of E. Gordon Gee, chancellor of Vanderbilt University, colleges’ human resources leaders gathered in San Diego. Not surprisingly, there was much chat about the article at the annual meeting of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, in San Diego.
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The News Star: Alumni suit challenges GSU’s leadership
A new federal lawsuit from the Grambling University National Alumni Association, the Grambling mayor and others is targeting Grambling State University’s leadership and much of the state’s higher education structure.
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The Columbus Dispatch: Capital University sues two ex-officials
Capital University is suing two former high-level officials and a local contractor for what the Bexley school calls a scheme involving secret payments, incomplete work and false billing.
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AP: High court turns back challenge to La. College’s president
The state Supreme Court has refused to revive a lawsuit challenging Joe Aguillard’s selection as president of Louisiana College.
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The Guardian: Clinton’s treasury secretary to be FT columnist
The Financial Times has hired Larry Summers, the former US treasury secretary who was forced to resign from Harvard University in a row over alleged sexism.
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AP: New Jersey senator denies federal report
A powerful New Jersey politician accused of being paid for a job that required no work at a scandal-ridden state university denied the report from a federal monitor who had investigated the school’s finances.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Health-Sciences University in N.J. Hired Politician to Read Newspapers, Report Says
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey created a “no-show job” for the powerful chairman of the State Senate’s Budget and Appropriations Committee that essentially allowed him to “lobby himself” for taxpayer funds, according to the latest report by a federal monitor appointed to oversee the finances of the embattled public health-sciences university.
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New York Post: RISKING CUNY’S FUTURE
Talk about Albany dysfunction. And a lame-duck governor (emphasis on lame): Yesterday, the state Senate failed to OK the reappointment of Jeffrey Wiesenfeld to City University’s board.
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The Chronicle: Chancellor of U. of Nebraska at Omaha Resigns Following New Allegations in a Spending Investigation
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nancy Belck, resigned on Tuesday after a months-long controversy over university officials’ use of funds from athletics boosters escalated with new allegations over the weekend that she had wrongfully altered an expense record for a restaurant dinner that took place two years ago.
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Inside Higher Ed: Cover-up at Gonzaga
President who left in 1969 had been told by police that he had 24 hours to leave town or face arrest over abuse allegations.
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Boston Globe: Contract standoff ends at Emerson
After three years of bitter conflict, Emerson College and its faculty union have come to an agreement over how to divvy up power. Emerson’s trustees unanimously approved the pact yesterday and union members approved the new contract on Tuesday by a vote of 60 to 2. The faculty assembly, a separate body with largely overlapping membership, also approved a new handbook of rules by a vote of 88 to 6.
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