By . Last week, the Harvard Crimson printed some unofficial estimates on the university’s current capital campaign. Be forewarned: these numbers will give many of you a heart attack, so to soften the impact I’m going to lead by providing some background on the campaign. More...
By . Western Canada seems to be ground zero for talking about Board composition these days. Take, for example, folks at UBC getting upset that government appointments to the Board of Governors lack a certain diversity (i.e. they all come either from old Vancouver money or the tech sector). More...
By Carla Howe. With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) need to make evidenced-based decisions for students. More...
By . Harvard University's president has dedicated a plaque that honours slaves who worked on campus centuries ago.
The slate plaque was placed on Wadsworth House, which served as the official residence of Harvard's presidents until 1849.
The plaque lists the names of Titus and Venus, who were slaves who worked for President Benjamin Wadsworth from 1725 until 1737. It also lists the names of Juba and Bilhah, who were slaves in the household of President Edward Holyoke from 1737 until 1769. More...
By Sarah Brown. Yale University will retain the name of an undergraduate college that honors John C. Calhoun, an alumnus who served as a U.S. senator and vice president during the 19th century and was a vocal supporter of slavery. More...
By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz. Administrators in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system have shelved a controversial rule that let university officials examine employees’ personal cellphones, the Star Tribune reported on Monday. More...
By Rio Fernandes. Middle Tennessee State University’s president, Sidney A. McPhee, is recommending the renaming of Forrest Hall, which honors the Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, reports The Tennessean. More...
By Andy Thomason. George Mason University’s Faculty Senate voted on Wednesday to condemn the renaming of the university’s law school to honor the late Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court. BuzzFeed News reported that the body had voted 21 to 13 to call for the renaming process to be reopened. More...
By Courtney Kueppers. A 121-year-old Confederate monument at the University of Louisville will be removed, its president, James R. Ramsey, and the Kentucky city’s mayor, Gregory E. Fischer, announced at a news conference on Friday morning, according to the Courier-Journal. More...
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