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New Presidents or Provosts: American Public University System, Cincinnati State Technical-CC, Crafton Hills College, Ferrum College, Franklin Pierce U, San Bernardino Valley College, Southern Oregon U, Stevens Institute of Technology, U of Wyoming
Kate Miller, dean of the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University, has been chosen as provost and vice president...
Quality and Noncollege Learning
Education Department announces eight winning partnerships in experiment to open federal aid to alternative providers, with a possibly influential new way of assuring academic quality.
Spending Your Tax Dollars
New research on public master's universities finds that they are generally efficient, but economies of scale favor undergraduate over graduate education.
Unhealthy Competition
U.K. report on for-profit colleges in six countries finds few benefits of sector and calls for tighter regulation, while acknowledging lack of data makes it hard to set rules.
New Presidents or Provosts: Birmingham-Southern College, Cañada College, Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Lakeland CC, Maryland U of Integrative Health, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Tiffin U, U of British Columbia
Laura C. Barnard, professor and paralegal program director at Lakeland Community College, in Ohio, has been promoted to executive vice...
Messy Breakups Make More Noise
Presidents are facing more scrutiny and capturing headlines as they fight publicly with boards for their jobs.
New Presidents or Provosts: BridgeValley Community-Technical College, California State U-Stanislaus, Loyola U Chicago, Northern State U, Pamlico CC, Penn State-Beaver, Walters State CC, Waynesburg U
Dana Cook Baer, interim provost and professor of criminal justice at Waynesburg University, in Pennsylvania, has been named provost on...
Who Decides What Must Be on a Syllabus?
College of Charleston professor says he's been forced out of a job for refusing to list learning outcomes to please an accreditor. He's suing and says academic freedom is being violated.