Wednesday, May 31, 2006

NU is set to appoint USC dean as president - Boston Globe
Northeastern University's next president will be a dean from the University of Southern California who helped the school vault into top national rankings, a move Northeastern aspires to make, sources familiar with the university's decision said yesterday.

Later this week, Northeastern's board of trustees plans to announce the selection of Joseph Aoun , a linguist and dean of USC's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the sources said yesterday.

Professors and community leaders in the Los Angeles area describe the 53-year-old Aoun as a savvy and dynamic leader of the university's largest school...

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