Dr. Steven B. Sample, president of the University of Southern California since 1991, will retire in August 2010, he announced today. Sample is widely credited with bringing about an institutional rise at USC that is unparalleled in American higher education. (more…)

The University of San Diego added another accolade to its list of distinguished achievements last week by being named the 2009 Private University of the Year by the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.

The Washington Center — an independent, nonprofit organization that provides students challenging opportunities to work and learn in Washington, D.C. for academic credit — presented USD with the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 19. (more…)

First-of-Its-Kind Survey Discussed at 20^th-Anniversary Knight Commission Meeting Reveals Dilemma of Reform, Overwhelming Agreement on Excessive Coaching Salaries

University presidents at institutions with major football programs agree that current spending trends on intercollegiate athletics cannot be sustained nationally and collective action is needed to address escalating costs, a study released at a meeting held by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics revealed today. More than 80% of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly Division 1A) university presidents participated in a survey that examined the presidents’ attitudes and perceptions about the challenges, benefits and costs of supporting intercollegiate athletic programs. (more…)

The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has received a $200,000 grant from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight women-led start-ups over the next two years that will generate new ideas in the world of news and information and model a spirit of journalistic entrepreneurship.

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Alina Fernandez, the daughter of Fidel Castro, will speak at Clarkson University in New York on Tuesday, October 20, at 6:30 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public.  Fernandez will share her first-person, intimate account of growing up in Cuba.

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Center to Kick Off with Inaugural “Leadership for a Better World” Event in Washington, D.C.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the Center for Social Value Creation will launch Friday, September 25 with an event in Washington, D.C., to explore how leaders create, build and sustain organizations for social impact while meeting business goals. The center’s priority is to engage students in courses and experiential learning programs to enable them to become global leaders who understand how to use business as a vehicle for both economic prosperity and transformative social change, and to support faculty research in related areas. (more…)

The University of San Diego has joined an elite group of universities that are early adopters of mobile applications. With the release of “MySDMobile,” USD students have access to a diverse suite of nine programs using the Apple iPhone and other smart mobile devices such as the RIM BlackBerry. (more…)

The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will give $6 million to Spelman
College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University and the Morehouse School of
Medicine, all part of the Atlanta University Center. This support will assist
students at these Atlanta-based historically black colleges and universities
with scholarship funds where economic hardship is impacting the likelihood of
the completion of their education. Additionally, the Company announced that $1.2
million will be given to the Robert W. Woodruff Library on the campus of the
Atlanta University Center to upgrade the Library`s IT infrastructure and enhance
the ability to manage and provide access to critical archival documents, such as
the Martin Luther King, Jr. papers. (more…)

Media are invited to participate in the science and technology tours being held
in conjunction with the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit Sept. 24-25. Twelve one-hour
tours-hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-are being offered on Monday, Sept.
21. They will highlight the science and technology that is driving the region`s
economy. (more…)

University of Phoenix alumni have the chance to nominate family members, friends, colleagues or community members for the university’s “Paying It Forward” scholarship. The university encourages its 475,000 alumni to participate in the 2009 program that will award 30 full-tuition scholarships for individuals to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree. The application deadline is October 16.
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