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Board of Trustees announces Ray Hayes as next chancellor for the UA System

Nick Privitera September 18, 2015

The Board of Trustees met Thursday and Friday in the Bryant Conference Center to discuss matters concerning all three campuses in the University of Alabama System. It was decided that Ray Hayes, current...

Bell recommended to succeed Bonner

Bell recommended to succeed Bonner

Heather Buchanan June 10, 2015

Current LSU executive vice president and provost Stuart R. Bell has 
been recommended by UA Chancellor Robert Witt to succeed Judy Bonner as the 29th president of The University of Alabama, according...

LSU Provost Bell recommended as UA President

LSU Provost Bell recommended as UA President

Sean Landry June 9, 2015

Former Alabama professor and current Louisiana State University executive vice president and provost Stuart R. Bell has been recommended by UA Chancellor Robert Witt to succeed Judy Bonner as president...

The 3 Universities in UA system fill difference roles

Jackson Poe April 12, 2015

Two weeks ago, I was surprised to read a piece by John Knox, a professor of geography at the University of Georgia, in The Crimson White. He presents many facts that come off as an attack on The University...

UA Board of Trustees expansion efforts are ineffective, unsustainable

John Knox April 1, 2015

I’m a professor at one of your academic and athletic rivals, The University of Georgia. But I’m also a native of Alabama and I take no pleasure when its leadership drives my home state into a ditch....

Search must include more student input

Editorial Board January 15, 2015

For the third time in three years, The University of Alabama is seeking a new president. Judy Bonner became the first female president of the University on Nov. 1, 2012, one day after Guy Bailey resigned...

Board of Trustees must engage with UA students

Chisolm Allenlundy September 21, 2014

The UA System Board of Trustees met Friday to approve the proposed operating budget for 2015. At that meeting, the Board gave the rubber stamp to numerous construction and demolition projects, including...

Course fees vary by college

Course fees vary by college

Holley Long September 7, 2014

Many college students are surprised to discover college is even more expensive than they imagined. Housing, meal plans and textbooks are just a few of the stigmatized college fees applied to many UA student...

UA to interview Texas Tech president

Mazie Bryant July 11, 2012

  Texas Tech University president Guy Bailey is scheduled to interview with the University of Alabama Board of Trustees on Wednesday as the sole announced finalist of the school’s 2012 presidential...

Board raises tuition

Mazie Bryant June 20, 2012

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase on June 15 in an attempt to rely less on state funding, which has decreased by an approximate $174 million for the entire system...

Board of Trustees financial committee approves tuition increase

Mazie Bryant June 14, 2012

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees financial committee unanimously approved a tuition increase for all three campuses in a meeting on June 14 in Tuscaloosa. The entire board will vote on...

UAB, UAH hope for more board diversity

Stephen N. Dethrage April 11, 2012

Rising tensions between the schools of the University of Alabama system and their board of trustees seem to have been relaxed by increased cooperation from the Board and the appointment of Robert Witt...