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Located in western Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a national research university recognized for superb faculty, outstanding teaching and top-notch students who come from across the state and around the world.
Number of Employees 1,169
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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World briefs: Move to revoke Mugabe degree
USA: The president of the University of Massachusetts has recommended that the school revoke an honorary degree awarded two decades ago to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. "I must recommend that we sever the connection that was formed when Robert Mugabe appeared to be a force for positive change in Africa....
No place like home: passed over for the chancellorship at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2005, Dr. J. Keith Motley is a classic example of "good things come to those who wait."
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOSTON It seems everyone in Boston knows Dr. J. Keith Motley. The list of schools and civic organizations he helps run or founded himself, like the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School and concerned of Black Men of Massachusetts is extensive. Hearing former student talk about how Motley,...
University of Massachusetts
At nearby University of Massachusetts, President Jack Wilson came under criticism for appointing Michael Collins as chancellor of Umass Boston. Some faculty members, students and state legislators believed the job should have gone to J. Keith Motley, the interim chancellor for the past year, and the man who would have...
Muncie, Ind., University Gets New Leader from Massachusetts.
By Barb Berggoetz, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State trustees selected a veteran administrator to become the school's new president Tuesday, making Jo Ann M. Gora the first woman to head a public university in...
University of Massachusetts
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS: Jack Wilson is the man picked to step into the vacant president's position at the University of Massachusetts. Wilson, a former physics professor, has been handling the job since last fall, when he became interim president. He replaces William Bulger, who stepped down amid controversy surrounding a...
Bulger Considers Business Career
O'Driscoll, Sean Irish Voice 08-19-2003 THE president of the University of Massachusetts, William Bulger, is considering moves into business after resigning his post. Bulger resigned last week after allegations that he had failed to help prosecutors to locate his brother,...
Poll Shows Public Support for Work of University of Massachusetts President.
By Frank Phillips, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 8--Massachusetts residents dislike University of Massachusetts president William M. Bulger, but they approve of the job he is doing running the university, a new Globe/WBZ-TV statewide poll shows. ...
MENC: the National Association for Music Education - On The Move - Brief Article
DR. WILLIE L. HILL JR., has been elected president of MENC: the National Association for Music Education. Hill is director of the Fine Arts Center and a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Hill earned a bachelor's from Grambling State University and master's and doctoral degrees from the University...
David Bartley, the longest-serving president in Massachusetts' Community College System, has turned down a $17,805 raise that would have brought his annual salary to $173,712 - In The News
David Bartley, the longest-serving president in Massachusetts' Community College System, has turned down a $17,805 raise that would have brought his annual salary to $173,712. The raise was approved eight months ago, when the state was expecting a budget surplus. "Circumstances have changed," Bartley told local media, pointing to the...
Remarks at the University of Massachusetts in Boston
Thank you. Mr. Mayor, Commissioner Evans, Probation Officer Tanya Brooks, President Bulger, Chancellor Sherry Penney, Governor Weld, Senator Kerry, Congressman Moakley, Congressman Kennedy - I understand you're also an alumni of this university - Attorney General Harshbarger, the president of the National Association of Attorneys General, thank you all for...
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