Hank Brown to Retire From Colorado Presidency; AAUP Chief Dusts Off His Resume; Northeastern U. Plans $40-Million Hiring Spree

[...]the university was weathering scandals and bad publicity, including allegations that the football program on the flagship Boulder campus had supplied high-school recruits with sex and alcohol, and that Ward Churchill, a controversial ethnic-studies professor, had committed academic misconduct....

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Published in:The Chronicle of higher education 2007-02, Vol.53 (22), p.A.5
Main Authors: Smith, Lauren, Wilson, Robin, Fogg, Piper
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Appointments, resignations and dismissals
Bowen, Roger W
Brown, Hank
College presidents
Freeland, Richard M
Higher education
Hiring
Interdisciplinary aspects
Personnel Selection
Presidents
Recruiting
Resignations
State Aid
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Summary:[...]the university was weathering scandals and bad publicity, including allegations that the football program on the flagship Boulder campus had supplied high-school recruits with sex and alcohol, and that Ward Churchill, a controversial ethnic-studies professor, had committed academic misconduct. The president, a former Republican U.S. senator, was expected to serve just a year, but his position was made permanent in May 2006, after he won praise from governing-board members, state lawmakers, and faculty members for his success in increasing donations and gaining statewide support for higher education. The hiring binge, which Joseph E. Aoun is championing as one of his first initiatives as the institution's president, is on top of an effort begun by his predecessor, Richard M. Freeland, in 2004 to hire 100 new faculty members.
ISSN:0009-5982
1931-1362