ANN ARBOR, MI — The University of Michigan’s faculty senate was divided on a vote of ‘no confidence’ in President Mark Schlissel Wednesday afternoon. According to multiple sources, the vote was 957 in favor, 953 against and 184 abstentions. The vote requires 50% of all votes to be in favor […]
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Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense And Education Fund, Inc. Credit – Andre Chung—The Washington Post/Getty Images (Miss this week’s The Leadership Brief? This interview below was delivered to the inbox of Leadership Brief subscribers on Sunday morning, Sept. 27; to receive weekly emails of conversations […]
CLOSE President Donald Trump says he is offering his assistance to the Big Ten as the conference attempts to make plans for starting its college football season. The president tweeted Tuesday that he had spoken to Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren and had a “productive conversation.” “Had a very productive conversation […]
Two days after University of Alabama in-person classes started back on Wednesday, school president Dr. Stuart R. Bell released a letter to student body expressing disappointment concerning COVID-19 protocols not being followed. The good news was that the positivity percentage rate for students upon re-entering campus was around one percent. […]
Former vice president Joe Biden will “tell the truth and trust science” if he is elected to the White House in November, former First Lady Michelle Obama said on Monday as Democrats kicked off their now-virtual convention. With the Democratic party poised to officially anoint the 77-year-old Biden as its […]
(Photo: Xavier University LA) Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have long served the Black community, providing access to higher education at times other schools would not. They also play a distinct and vital role throughout American society, cultivating diverse talent while driving innovation and economic growth. And yet, they […]
With President Donald Trump’s poll numbers flagging in Florida as the state continues to struggle with one of the nation’s highest rates of new COVID-19 cases, Vice President Mike Pence visited the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine on Monday afternoon to focus attention on one of the pandemic’s […]
President Donald Trump said Sunday he was not going to be throwing the opening pitch at a New York Yankees game next month because his “strong focus” was elsewhere — on the novel coronavirus pandemic, the economy and other issues. He tweeted that he would reschedule for “later in the […]
WASHINGTON – Less than four months from the November election, President Donald Trump’s attacks on presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s mental fitness are an integral part of the president’s reelection message: the focus of television advertisements, talking points and open challenges from the president. But analysts have raised questions over whether Trump’s strategy of focusing on the former vice […]
Since 2004, Dr. Michael Lomax has made bettering the lives of Black college students his mission. As the CEO of the United Negro College Fund, Lomax, 72, works to raise funds for those eager to pursue a college education at an HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) — an option […]
Former President of Kaplan University and CEO of Great Hearts Academies to Lead APUS Forward Charles Town, WV, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American Public University System (APUS), a leader in providing affordable, inclusive, quality online higher education to military, veteran and service-minded communities, announced today that it has […]