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Holiday greetings from the NAICU staff to our members, and to our friends across higher education and the higher ed policy-making world. Visit our holiday greetings page for links to a selection of the e-greetings our members have posted this year.
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Community opens wallet to help Morris Brown pay billsAtlanta Journal Constitution January 4, 2009For the second Saturday in a row, supporters of a school created by slaves have held a rally/fund-raiser to save it. As of Friday, they had raised enough to make a $100,000 partial payment on an overdue water bill. |
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DePaul is making science female-friendlyChicago Sun-Times January 3, 2009Nationally, half of chemistry majors are female, but only 40 percent of graduate students are women. But at DePaul University, 61 percent of chemistry students are women. The school is promoting its female friendliness as it opens a new science facility Monday featuring 130,000 square feet of space and state-of-the-art labs and classrooms. It also has more student space for collaborating and congregating and more communal teaching space. Some research suggests women work better in those situations. |
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Water flowing again at Morris BrownAtlanta Journal Constitution January 3, 2009The city of Atlanta turned the water back on at Morris Brown College on Friday after the college made a partial, $100,000 payment for its past due bills. The college must pay an additional $214,000 it owes by Feb. 17 under a court order issued Friday, or risk losing water service again. Representatives of the historically black private college said they are confident they can meet the terms. |
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Sue Wesselkamper, longtime Chaminade University president, diesHonolulu Advertiser January 3, 2009Longtime Chaminade University President Mary Civille "Call me Sue" Wesselkamper, who took over the foundering Catholic college at the brink of closure and led it into an era of unprecedented academic and financial success, died today. Wesselkamper, who headed Hawai'i's only Catholic university for 13 years, was diagnosed with cancer in 2005. She died peacefully from its complications at 3:45 a.m. surrounded by family and friends, university officials said. |
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Central Minnesota mourns Saint John's University's ReinhartSt. Cloud, Minn., Times December 30, 2008Never giving up hope, former St. John's University President Dietrich Reinhart was sure he would usher in the new year but instead died just days shy of it. The 59-year-old Benedictine monk and Catholic educator was diagnosed with cancer. He passed away peacefully on Monday in St. Raphael Hall, the retirement center at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville. |
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How to Manage a $17 Billion EndowmentU.S. News & World Report December 30, 2008While some universities are announcing construction halts, salary freezes, tuition hikes, and layoffs to make up for declines in endowments and budgets, one of the wealthiest colleges in America is hoping to ride out the current economic storm without changing its spending and investing strategy. The nation's most successful college endowment manager says Yale won't take any sudden or dramatic action in response to a $5.6 billion, six-month drop in the Ivy League school's endowment. |
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Belmont's Bob Fisher is Tennessean of the YearThe Tennessean, Nashville December 28, 2008Largely, thanks to his leadership in bringing the state's first-ever presidential debate to Belmont, the university's president Bob Fisher now has another accolade to add to his office walls - or the floor, as will probably happen: the 2008 Tennessean of the Year, as determined by readers and The Tennessean's editorial board. |
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Beloit College may turn away students requiring significant financial aidWisconsin State Journal December 26, 2008The strategy - called "need-sensitive admissions" - may sound cruel, but college officials say it actually works to keep the college affordable for most students. The needy students who would be turned away are those whose academic records are on the borderline of meeting Beloit standards, according to director of enrollment Nancy Benedict, ensuring there is enough aid for those who are fully qualified for the private college. |
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Local colleges’ nest eggs shrinkingProvidence, R.I., Journal December 25, 2008Local college and university endowments, some highly leveraged in aggressive and risky investments, are seeing large losses as the market continues to swoon. But few institutions are taking the losses to heart, as most do not rely heavily on the funds to cover yearly expenses. (Regional emphasis) |
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Colleges get cautious as endowments shrinkWorcester, Mass., Telegram & Gazette December 24, 2008In just a few months, Worcester's colleges and universities have lost hundreds of millions of invested dollars. Like institutions around the country, they are watching their endowments shrink in a tumultuous marketplace. Many are looking for ways to cut costs, while trying to keep tuition increases moderate. (Regional emphasis) |
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