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Private Distress
At a number of small private colleges this year, disappointing enrollments have led to layoffs, program cuts, bond-rating downgrades and more.
Opinion
Future-Focused Assessment
Measuring what students have learned and can do is hard enough, but we really should be trying to assess what our institutions have prepared them to learn later, writes Mark Salisbury.
New Presidents or Provosts: California Institute of Technology, Essex County College, Hendrix College, North Iowa Area CC, Northern Kentucky U., Western Carolina U.
Gale E. Gibson, interim president of Essex County College, in New Jersey, has been named to the job on a...
New Presidents or Provosts: Arcadia U., Blinn College, College of Southern Idaho, Colorado Mountain College, CC of Denver, Queen's U. Belfast, Victoria U. Wellington
Nicolette DeVille Christensen, vice president and executive director of the College of Global Studies at Arcadia University, in Pennsylvania, has...
Giving 'Voice to Faculty'
Cathy Trower, closing out 16 years leading a research effort of academic work, shares thoughts on tenure, retirement age, adjunct conditions and more.
Opinion
When Women Lean In, Men Grow Up
Janel Curry considers how increased gender balance in the administrative ranks affects all college officials -- and how some "team building" activities should be abandoned, just like male-only leadership teams.
What Goes into a Degree?
UConn's stalled proposal to limit outside credits earned by non-transfer students generates controversy and may be a sign of future tussles to come over "unbundled" degrees.
Adding Competency to Community
Western Governors University teams up with 11 community colleges to create new competency-based programs.