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PHILADELPHIA--The board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania yesterday selected F. Sheldon Hackney, now president of Tulane University, as UPenn's new president, despite protests from students and faculty who had favored the university's provost instead...
PHILADELPHIA--The faculty senate of the University of Pennsylvania voted in special session on Tuesday to urge the trustees to consider Provost Vartan Gregorian for the presidency...
PRINCETON, N.J.--Princeton University will seek to enroll Black South African students and plans to hold seminars on issues relating to South Africa, Provost Neil L. Rudenstine told the university council this week...
...trustees' executive board selected F. Sheldon Hackney, now president of Tulane University, to be UPenn president, bypassing university Provost Varton Gregorian. Many students and faculty had supported Gregorian for the post and sharply criticized the trustees for not appointing him, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported...
Opposition among the university's trustees led to the decision to appoint Hackney instead of Gregorian despite "strong support" for the provost, the reporter added. No official comment was available...