July 22, 2024
Dr. Wong wandered past the bulletin boards and posters that lined Josiah Quincy Upper School’s (JQUS) halls… He marveled at how far the school had come, and how much they… READ MORE
Sheldon Caplis knew that this pledge was a philanthropic coup. UMBC’s original campaign strategy had assumed that only $1.8 million of the institution’s $50 million “stretch” goal would come from… READ MORE
During a visit to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), David Oros stood on the roof of the ten story Administration Building as President Freeman Hrabowski completed one of… READ MORE
In August 1982 Arthur Levine arrived as the new President of troubled Bradford College with plans for a bold new curriculum. The Bradford Plan For A Practical Liberal Arts Education… READ MORE
By María Cioè-Peña Over 6 million people living in the United States self-identify as Black Latines or Afro-Latinos. Their claim to their Blackness is in jeopardy. In multiple US states,… READ MORE
July 19, 2024
The sun was beginning to set and it was still snowing. Students were preparing for the start of Winter Carnival. Through the large window in his office, Associate Dean Terry… READ MORE
Throughout the early 1990s, President Richard Pattenaude led the University of Southern Maine (USM) through a period of severe economic decline and expanding regional need. The university’s revenue sources changed… READ MORE
In 1994, University of Southern Maine President Richard Pattenaude sat with his administrative cabinet to review the institution’s financial condition. The recession of the early 1990s (between 1990 and 1994)… READ MORE
July 10, 2024
The political science department at York State College was previously led autocratically by a department chair who tightly controlled all aspects of the department. Upon his sudden death, a new… READ MORE