It's only a memory now, but the image of what it once was to be a college professor is still engrained in the minds of those who experienced higher education in a different time. Wearing a tweed jacket with leather elbow patches and standing in front of an auditorium full of attentive, well-dressed ...
In 2006, The University began conducting and storing the results of teacher evaluations online - a move that paved the way for making the results of evaluations available to students. But the move also caused student participation to fall off dramatically, causing some instructors to question the validity ...
The final version of the 90-plus-page feasibility report, released by The University Tuesday, detailed the issues that were considered by the Board of Visitors' committee in making the decision to not pursue an on-campus stadium at this time. During the course of their research, Heery International, ...
Today's letter to the editor gave me a glimmer of hope. Students are starting to pay attention. Higher education is in a tight spot. Nationwide, state funding for higher education has leveled off or been reduced in the last 10 years. Priorities have shifted. There is only so much available money, and ...
Assuming that prescription drugs have similar prices at different local pharmacies can cost an uninsured consumer thousands of dollars per year. A recent price check showed that drug prices vary dramatically between different local pharmacies - with some pharmacies charging eight times more than others ...
University Center construction expenses have exceeded estimates by millions, and even though the construction budget has been increased twice, administrators are still being forced to cut costs by redesigning some parts of the project and completely eliminating others. Among parts deleted by cost-control ...
At $290,643 last year, President Shirley Raines' compensation was among the lowest in The University's peer group, according to figures released by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The average presidential salary was $503,071 in 2006-07 among 11 colleges similar to The U of M that are considered "funding ...
Judging by the streaks of gray slowly working down his shoulder-length dreads, it is difficult to believe that he was once a TV weatherman. But television wasn't really Henry Nelson's thing. Nelson is a radio man - through and through. Thirty-four years of radio and broadcast experience may have brought ...
A security camera recorded the whole thing. A screen at Police Services showed a Geo Prizm pull up to the gate at Richardson Towers on Nov. 1 at 10:26 a.m. "A dispatcher saw him just sitting there and sitting there, and that's what drew attention," said campus police Deputy Director Derek Myers. "And ...
The vacant Christian Student Center located on the corner of Patterson Street and Watauga Avenue is up for sale to the highest bidder, and The University may have some competition. The Highland Street Church of Christ owns the property, which was vacated in May when the Christian Student Center moved ...