NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut university has taken the final step in its plan to name a building after its first black graduate.

The New Britain Herald

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The College of St. Joseph in Vermont could lose its accreditation by August because of financial issues.

The Rutland Herald

BOSTON (AP) — Presidents of America’s private colleges and universities saw their pay increase by nearly 4 percent in 2016, with dozens receiving more than $1 million, according to a new report .

The average chief ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman who may become the next University of Minnesota president is a collaborative and approachable leader, according to education officials and colleagues.

Joan Gabel is the only finalist interviewing to succeed Eric Kaler,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The interim director of South Carolina’s college oversight agency is leaving after state lawmakers questioned his pay raise of more than $91,000.

Jeff Schilz of the South Carolina Higher Education Commission told the agency’s board Tuesday he is resigning, news ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As much as $1.5 billion needs to be spent on Missouri’s higher education institutions to address a backlog of maintenance projects, according to a new report.

The problems include cracked and peeling paint, water-damaged ceilings and walls, buckling floor tiles, ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Outgoing Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s longtime budget director is taking on a new job in state government.

Mark Ojakian (oh-JAY’-kee-an), president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, announced Monday that Ben Barnes will become the next chief ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana university system leaders hope to persuade more high school graduates they can succeed in college.

The Montana Board of Regents says its Resident Student Access Initiative seeks to improve student scores on the ACT by offering free PreACT tests to high school ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The state Board of Regents approved a 2 percent pay raise for 13 top administrators within the Montana university system.

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado, University of Montana President Seth Bodnar and Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton ...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A new University of Oklahoma program will help cover the school fees of students who receive Oklahoma’s Promise tuition scholarships, school officials said.

The new Crimson Commitment program will cover up to $8,000 worth of a student’s fees per year beginning in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Nov. 18 about college women’s programs and anti-discrimination law, The Associated Press misspelled the name of an attorney with the National Women’s Law Center. She is Shiwali Patel, not Shawali Patel.

A corrected version of the story is below:

Ed ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Council on Postsecondary Education has partnered with six colleges and universities to launch an employability initiative.

A statement from the council says the initiative is designed to make sure that students who graduate from higher education programs have ...

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Trustees are appointing 26 members of a campus search advisory committee to help them look for a new president for Alcorn State University.

The College Board made the announcement Thursday. Leading the committee will be Alfred Galtney, director of Alcorn’s Office of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State officials say the number of college-bound students taking remedial — below college level — courses in college has steadily declined since 2012.

The Albuquerque Journal

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster is joining education leaders and students to promote the “I Am College Bound/I Applied” month.

The event Tuesday is aimed at increasing the number of low-income and first-generation high school students who pursue postsecondary ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State University is among 130 schools nationwide that are working together to increase access to higher education and close the achievement gap.

The university said Monday that it’s participating in the program, which also aims to award more degrees by ...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jeffrey Vitter will step down in January after serving three years as chancellor of the University of Mississippi, state higher education officials said in a news release Friday.

After leaving the chancellor’s post Jan. 3, Vitter will remain on faculty as a tenured ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The panel that oversees Oklahoma’s 25 public colleges and universities is asking the Legislature for $100 million in new funding, much of it for faculty raises.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the $878 million ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new report shows that a record number of students earned college degrees in Virginia in the last school year.

The state’s colleges awarded 119,980 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and undergraduate certificates in 2017-18. That’s about 1,000 more awards ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A report by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia says a record number of science, technology, engineering, math and health degrees were awarded last school year.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Four-Year Higher Education has recommended a $10 million annual funding increase for West Virginia’s smaller colleges.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that it’s the first ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After absorbing nearly a decade of cuts and receiving flat funding this year, Louisiana’s top higher education board voted Wednesday to ask the governor and lawmakers for a $172 million increase for public colleges next year.

The request from the Board of Regents ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s board chairman is defending the agency against criticisms from West Virginia University President Gordon Gee.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Higher Education Commission is demanding an apology from South Carolina’s most powerful state senator after he criticized the pay for the commission director.

The

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho State Board of Education has approved a plan to fund the state’s public colleges and universities based on the number of graduates they produce.

The board on Thursday approved the plan, which board spokesman Mike Keckler said will be phased-in over ...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Some high school students in Colorado can now guarantee their admission to the University of Colorado’s School of Education.

The Daily Camera reports ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Tennessee regulators rejected a plan to move Valparaiso University’s struggling law school to Middle Tennessee State University, casting uncertainty on the future of the northwestern Indiana law school.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission voted 8-5 Monday to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The 14 state-owned universities in Pennsylvania are seeing enrollment fall by 4 percent this year, including a nearly 38 percent decline at Cheyney University outside Philadelphia.

Philly.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A state panel has nixed a proposal that would have transferred Valparaiso University’s law school to Middle Tennessee State University.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission voted 8-5 on Monday to deny the proposal to move the law school to MTSU’s Murfreesboro ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University’s president said Monday he doesn’t believe the state’s top higher education board can penalize his school for violating Louisiana’s college admissions policy in its enrollment of students who didn’t meet minimum criteria.

F. King Alexander ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina students are struggling with loan debt despite lottery-funded scholarships for students heading to top-tier universities or technical colleges.

The State reports lottery funds are ...

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Eastern Kentucky University has sparked opposition at the school.

Trump’s campaign is planning a rally Saturday to support Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who’s in a tight race with Democrat Amy McGrath for the Sixth District ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State College System has entered a contract with the next system chancellor.

The system said in a news release Tuesday that Paul Turman will begin his Lincoln work on Jan. 2 at a yearly salary of $270,000. He was unanimously approved by system trustees ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas’ chancellor is asking gubernatorial candidates and lawmakers to provide more funding to higher education.

KU Chancellor Douglas Girod has been holding meetings to urge legislators to approve the Kansas Board of Regents’ $85 million budget ...

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A recent survey shows University of Wyoming staff and faculty appear largely dissatisfied with their workplace.

The Laramie Boomerang

RADFORD, Va. (AP) — A Virginia university says it will be naming its business college after a Blacksburg couple who donated $8 million.

The Roanoke Times

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck State College says it’s changing its mission to better reflect the workforce needs in North Dakota.

The State Board of Higher Education has approved the college’s plan to become a four-year polytechnic institution, or one that specializes in the technology, ...

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — College Board trustees announced Tuesday that they will launch a broad search for a new president of Mississippi’s Alcorn State University.

“There was a consistent theme that we heard from all the constituent groups today, which is that they wanted to engage in a ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Among the candidates and issues on Montana’s November ballot is a referendum asking voters to extend for another 10 years a property tax that raises nearly $20 million a year to help support the state’s public colleges and universities.

At a recent forum in Bozeman, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Public colleges and universities in Kansas reported an overall decline in enrollment for the current fall semester, according to a report from the Kansas Board of Regents.

A report issued Monday showed enrollment at public higher education institutions dropped by more ...