Former University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler has been selected as the next president of Case Western Reserve University, a private research institution in Cleveland. Kaler, who led the U for eight years until he stepped down in summer 2019, will take the helm of the 12,000-student university on July […]
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How the electoral college works and how the president will be selected this year
© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters A Pennsylvania elector holds her ballot for President Donald Trump on December 19, 2016. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters In the United States, Americans don’t directly elect the president. Instead, states appoint a number of electors equal to the number of representatives they have in Congress to the electoral college, […]
Search for new MDC president marred by political intrusion
Here we go again. The process of selecting a new Miami Dade College president — a heated topic before the pandemic — returns to the public arena on Wednesday as the Board of Trustees’ presidential search committee meets to discuss a batch of new applicants for the prestigious job. It’s […]
What is the Electoral College? Who picks the president?
CLOSE There was a lot of confusion over how Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but Trump won the Electoral College. The Associated Press explains in this five-part animation series. (Sept 28) AP Domestic As the 2020 presidential election nears, one of the most […]