Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, has fired chief financial officer James E. Smith amid accusations he used the school's money to pay off debts he and his wife incurred. An affidavit submitted with a lawsuit filed this week by the university says Smith admitted embezzling about $40,000 over a four-year period.
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5/7/2013
Sexual assault is an all-too-prevalent problem on college campuses in the United States. And far too many survivors do not know they have a right to an education free from harassment and violence.
5/7/2013
New Jersey lawmakers want to know how the state decided which proposals qualified for more than $1.3 billion in funding for construction projects at colleges and universities. At issue is whether the state violated its own laws when it proposed awarding more than $645,000 in funds for construction projects at Princeton Theological Seminary.
5/7/2013
Newman University (Kan.) will have a new vice president for finance and administration later this year. Jennifer Gantz has been named to that position, effective June 1, replacing Mark Dresselhaus, who is retiring at the end of May. Gantz has been chief financial officer at The Independent School (Kan.) since 2007.
5/7/2013
MiCTA, a nationwide non-profit group purchasing organization, is pleased to announce that it has amended its Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Sprint to include a range of new services, including unlimited 3G and 4G data plans for compatible tablet devices.
5/7/2013
Follett's includED® program provides students with access to both print and digital materials from any publisher, and addresses the barriers that have prevented many schools from offering course materials with tuition.
5/7/2013
Under the project management of A/V Consultant Frank Moraski, Jr, a principal of Anthony James Partners (AJP) in Richmond, VA, the facility renovation involved LED displays from YESCO (Young Electronic Sign Company), in Logan, Utah, which in turn contracted TSE Services for the turnkey systems integration work.
5/7/2013
The compact, high-speed multifunction office systems allow customers using black-and-white single-function printers (SFPs) and MFPs in the 40-55 page-per-minute (ppm) range to implement a flexible print solution that offers the ability to increase fleet cohesiveness across a network.
5/7/2013
Higher One has acquired Sallie Mae’s Campus Solutions business, which provides B2B solutions, including e-commerce and billing payment solutions, refund disbursement services, and tuition payment plan administration, to college and university business offices across the country.
5/7/2013
College and university officials must learn better how to communicate to audiences that are different from and react differently to the message that they deliver.
5/7/2013
Former hedge fund manager Joseph Dowling will join the likes of David Swensen, Jane Mendillo, and Narv Narvekar as the Ivy League's newest chief investment officer. Brown University has appointed Dowling to lead its $2.8 billion endowment, making him the second CIO in the school's history.
5/6/2013
Starting in 2014 the Department of Education will begin collecting demographic and financial information about families headed by same-sex parents to determine eligibility for and amounts of Pell Grants and federal student loans.
5/6/2013
Private nonprofit colleges are offering students tuition discounts of 45 percent, on average, in response to a changing financial environment that stems from the weak economic recovery.
5/6/2013
Student recruiters for the nation's graduate schools face tough challenges, says higher education authority Brian Wm. Niles, and the most important step they can take is to realize they're sales people, their students are customers and their academic departments are engaged in marketing.
5/6/2013
A group opposed to the Montana’s plans to build Missoula College on the University Golf Course have filed a lawsuit, saying donors of the land specified in 1928 that it be used only for recreational purposes.
