Ex-CMU president off to Singapore
Former Carnegie Mellon University president Subra Suresh has been named president of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the university has announced.
Mr. Suresh, 61, resigned as CMU’s president effective June 30, after serving for four years into his tenure.
He will be the fourth president of Nanyang Technological University.
He said that after discussions with his wife, Mary, he decided that CMU would be better served by a president able to make the extended commitment needed for endeavors including implementing that university’s strategic plan.
Mr. Suresh will take over from current NTU president Bertil Andersson in January.
CMU provost Farnam Jahanian was named interim president as the university begins its search for a new president this fall.
Nanyang Technological University bills itself as a young, research-intensive university that has been ranked No. 1 among the world’s best young universities since 2014, according to university officials.
NTU has an enrollment of 33,000 students.
Carnegie Mellon as of last fall had an enrollment of just under 14,000 students in Pittsburgh and its other locations in the U.S. and abroad.
Mr. Suresh has also worked at Brown University and MIT.
Paying for security
WASHINGTON— The Federal Election Commission has approved guidance to allow up to $15,000 in campaign contributions to pay for certain types of “nonstructural” security.
Commissioners backed the proposal, 5-0, that would permit members of Congress to use up to $15,000 in campaign funds for security systems, which would include installation and monitoring costs for cameras, sensors and “removable security devices” at their homes.
The ruling came in light of the shooting last month of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., whose condition was upgraded to fair Thursday.
GI Bill expansion coming
WASHINGTON— House Republicans and Democrats unveiled legislation Thursday that would provide the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade, removing a 15year time limit to tap into benefits and increasing money for thousands in the National Guard and Reserve.
The bipartisan agreement — a sweeping effort to fill coverage gaps in the post-9/11 GI Bill — bill gives veterans added flexibility to enroll in college later in life. Veterans would get additional payments if they complete STEM courses.
The additional benefits could mean up to $2,300 a year more in tuition than they are receiving now.
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