Posts Tagged ‘Yale University’
Among Comings and Goings, Levin Leaving Yale Presidency after 20 Years, UNH System Head MacKay to Step Down
by John O. Harney
August 31, 2012
Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced he will step down at the end of the current academic year, after 20 years of service—a longer tenure than any other president in the Ivy League or the 61-member Association of American Universities.
University System of New Hampshire Chancellor Edward MacKay will step down from ...
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At Yale, Teaching and Learning About the Fickle Nature of Philanthropy
by John O. Harney
January 19, 2011
Yale University could offer a firsthand curriculum on the fickle nature of philanthropy.
First, there's the lesson on dirty money. Last week, the Yale Daily News reported that the university agreed to pay $1 million to Industrial Enterprises of America, to settle the company’s complaint that its former CEO, a Yale alumn named John Mazzuto, made ...
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NE Campuses Wearing Green on 2011 College Sustainability Report Card
by Christine Cassis
October 26, 2010
The College Sustainability Report Card 2011 is out today, revealing the profiles of 322 schools and their sustainability policies. The fifth edition of the report by the Sustainable Endowments Institute assesses 52 indicators, ranging from green initiatives to recycling programs, and uses an A to F letter-grading system to evaluate different colleges and universities nationwide.
Some ...
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Book Review: Edupunks Chart Coming Transformation of Higher Ed
by Alan R. Earls
January 6, 2011
DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, Anya Kamenetz, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vt., 2010
Anya Kamenetz, a 2002 graduate of Yale and staff writer for Fast Company, could be an academic's worst nightmare. Articulate, forceful and skilled—her writing lobs volleys of criticisms that are hard to refute and harder ...
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