Less confidence than before
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
May 2, 2016
The results of a survey released yesterday show that UA faculty have even less confidence in University leadership and direction than they did fall semester. “Approximately 9 out of every 10 faculty believe that the university is worse off than it was two years ago, that the public sees the Unive...
$2 million to attract new students
By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
April 25, 2016
The University of Akron administration budgeted $3 million for marketing during the 2015-2016 school year. Approved by the Board of Trustees in June 2015, the annual budget of $480 million included a $1,075,000 allocation for marketing, unchanged from the 2014-2015 budget. This funding encompa...
Missed opportunity for reconciliation
By Buchtelite Editorial Board
February 3, 2016
Correction: Palmisano was walking into the building, not out, when, after further clarification by demonstrator Ashley Bair, whom Palmisano's remark was directed toward, he said, "I have no confidence..." not "We have no confidence..." After yesterday’s Honors College ceremony (see here), UA trustee ...
Fewer headed to UA?
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
February 1, 2016
Freshman applications to UA were down 6 percent in mid-January from the same time last year, as the number of admitted students who had confirmed their intent to enroll in fall 2016 were down 32 percent, University data show. These numbers, updated every week, provide only a snapshot of how the annual...
Burns, Williams featured in third Town Hall meeting
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
November 16, 2015
At the third meeting in the Undergraduate Student Government’s Town Hall series, students picked up the microphone to hurl questions — directly, this time — at UA Vice President of Advancement Larry Burns and new Director of Athletics Lawrence Williams. “It makes it hard for [administrato...
Faculty Senate committee formed to consider lack of confidence vote on Scarborough
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
November 9, 2015
University President Scott Scarborough might soon receive a formal “lack of confidence” expression from the UA Faculty Senate. A resolution “to create an ad hoc committee to consider proposing a resolution expressing the Senate’s lack of confidence in President Scarborough” was passed...
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