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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
Most Colleges Avoid Risk Management, Report Says
Jill Biden Shines a Global Spotlight on American Community Colleges
Speaking at a Unesco conference in Paris, the vice president’s wife stressed the importance of two-year institutions to the nation’s educational goals.
Connecticut Public Colleges Lose 200 Professors to Early Retirement
Administrators are scrambling to plug holes in their course schedules for fall, with most expecting to do so by hiring more adjuncts or increasing class sizes.
U. of Georgia Paid 2 Fraternities $2.4-Million to Relocate, Contracts Show
The two were among five that houses on property where the university plans to build new academic facilities.
New Allegations in Admissions Controversy at U. of Illinois Suggest Ex-Provost Played a Role
Linda P.B. Katehi, the incoming chancellor of the University of California at Davis, has insisted she knew nothing of the admission of politically connected applicants at Illinois.
Sonoma State U. Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member
The foundation will be forced to issue fewer scholarships in the 2010-11 academic year because of a diminished endowment, a university official said.
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President Obama's Visit to Notre Dame Carries Barely a Hint of Controversy That Preceded It | 58
Drug Sting Nabs 21 Students at U. of Illinois | 57
Faculty Members and Union Protest Staff Layoffs at Temple U. as 'Cruel' | 57
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May 14, 2007
NCAA to Reveal New Data on Coaches' Severance Pay and Total Compensation
Under new financial-reporting requirements put in place this year by the NCAA, colleges must disclose how much total compensation their coaches receive, as well as the amount they pay to sever coaches’ contracts, NCAA officials said during a meeting today in Washington of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
This summer the NCAA will release aggregate numbers from all 1,200 member institutions to shed light on those and many other expenditures in college sports. The association introduced the new reporting requirements to provide college presidents with a better idea of how much money their peers were spending, a step that the NCAA hopes will lead to more-responsible spending in college sports.
During today’s meeting, the NCAA also presented new data describing how institutions finance their programs. Colleges in the Football Bowl Subdivision, or what was previously known as Division I-A, bring in nearly 80 percent of their revenue from private sources. The opposite is true for colleges outside of Division I-A, where more than 70 percent of revenue comes from institutional support.
NCAA officials also presented a report on the academic progress of athletes and updated commission members about changes intended to improve graduation rates in baseball programs. —Brad Wolverton
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