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Saint Augustine’s Loses Accreditation Appeal

Saint Augustine’s Loses Accreditation Appeal

February 28, 2024

Struggling Saint Augustine’s University (FL) has lost an appeal to maintain its accreditation and now plans to file an injunction to ask the courts to weigh in, SAU officials announced Tuesday. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges stripped the university of accreditation in December over financial and governance issues. However, SAU remained accredited until the appeal process played out. Now litigation is SAU’s only lifeline.
Struggling Saint Augustine’s University (FL) has lost an appeal to maintain its accreditation and now plans to file an injunction to ask the courts to weigh in, SAU officials announced Tuesday. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges stripped the university of accreditation in December over financial and governance issues. However, SAU remained accredited until the appeal process played out. Now litigation is SAU’s only lifeline.

February 28, 2024

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Inside Higher Ed

The Joys of ‘Leading From the Margins’

The Joys of ‘Leading From the Margins’

February 27, 2024

In her new book, Leading From the Margins: College Leadership From Unexpected Places (Johns Hopkins University Press), Hollins University (VA)  president Mary Dana Hinton recounts with warmth and candor how her experience growing up far outside America’s traditional power centers gave her the strength and vision to develop her own inclusive, expansive style of leadership. The child of a poor single mother in rural North Carolina, Hinton was marginalized by race, gender, socioeconomic status and geography. She credits her mother’s drive, courage and commitment to education with inspiring her to attend Williams College and ultimately pursue a Ph.D. and a career in higher education focused on promoting equity. 
In her new book, Leading From the Margins: College Leadership From Unexpected Places (Johns Hopkins University Press), Hollins University (VA)  president Mary Dana Hinton recounts with warmth and candor how her experience growing up far outside America’s traditional power centers gave her the strength and vision to develop her own inclusive, expansive style of leadership. The child of a poor single mother in rural North Carolina, Hinton was marginalized by race, gender, socioeconomic status and geography. She credits her mother’s drive, courage and commitment to education with inspiring her to attend Williams College and ultimately pursue a Ph.D. and a career in higher education focused on promoting equity. 

February 27, 2024

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why This College Is Offering Scholarships in Cornhole

Why This College Is Offering Scholarships in Cornhole

February 27, 2024

It was a lighthearted story that seemed as consequential as a lawn game. Last week Winthrop University announced that it was giving two high-school seniors what are probably the first athletic scholarships to play cornhole in college. The novel news made headlines at NPRThe Washington Post, and CBS News.
The students, whose scholarships will reportedly cover about half their tuition, will be enrolling at Winthrop at a time when cornhole, a game that involves tossing bean bags into a hole, often at bars or summer parties, is becoming more high-profile and competitive. Big tournaments are aired on ESPN.
 
It was a lighthearted story that seemed as consequential as a lawn game. Last week Winthrop University announced that it was giving two high-school seniors what are probably the first athletic scholarships to play cornhole in college. The novel news made headlines at NPRThe Washington Post, and CBS News.
The students, whose scholarships will reportedly cover about half their tuition, will be enrolling at Winthrop at a time when cornhole, a game that involves tossing bean bags into a hole, often at bars or summer parties, is becoming more high-profile and competitive. Big tournaments are aired on ESPN.
 

February 27, 2024

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MichLive.com

Calvin University President Resigns Over ‘Inappropriate Messages’

Calvin University President Resigns Over ‘Inappropriate Messages’

February 27, 2024

The president of Grand Rapids-based Christian college Calvin University stepped down Monday over reports of “inappropriate messages,” according to the Board of Trustees. The Feb. 26 announcement by the board states it received a report alleging that President Wiebe Boer “engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate communication” toward a non-student member of the university. Boer is not alleged of physical contact or communicating in a sexually explicit manner, the board states, but the “conduct is concerning and inappropriate.”
The president of Grand Rapids-based Christian college Calvin University stepped down Monday over reports of “inappropriate messages,” according to the Board of Trustees. The Feb. 26 announcement by the board states it received a report alleging that President Wiebe Boer “engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate communication” toward a non-student member of the university. Boer is not alleged of physical contact or communicating in a sexually explicit manner, the board states, but the “conduct is concerning and inappropriate.”

February 27, 2024

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Missouri Independent

Wash U. Prioritizes Need-Based Aid After Years of Low Socioeconomic Diversity

Wash U. Prioritizes Need-Based Aid After Years of Low Socioeconomic...

February 26, 2024

Washington University in St. Louis — criticized a decade ago for rock-bottom low-income enrollment — says it has carved out spaces for economically disadvantaged students as part of a new plan to increase need-based aid. Late last year, the university announced that 21% of its freshmen were Pell eligible, meaning they showed financial need after filling out a federal student aid application, and 17% were the first in their families to attend college. Currently, Pell-eligible students make up around 18.5% of Ivy League students and 40% at other institutions, according to a study by policy analysts at the HEA Group.
Washington University in St. Louis — criticized a decade ago for rock-bottom low-income enrollment — says it has carved out spaces for economically disadvantaged students as part of a new plan to increase need-based aid. Late last year, the university announced that 21% of its freshmen were Pell eligible, meaning they showed financial need after filling out a federal student aid application, and 17% were the first in their families to attend college. Currently, Pell-eligible students make up around 18.5% of Ivy League students and 40% at other institutions, according to a study by policy analysts at the HEA Group.

February 26, 2024

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