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Quick Takes

SAU Wins Stay on Former Trustees’ Legal Costs

Saint Augustine’s University is off the hook for covering legal costs for former board members. But the reprieve may be...
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Opinion
Career Advice

The Blurry Lines of Board Leadership

Discipline, not intervention, defines strong boards.

By Denise Williams Mallett

Cover of the book “How Dare You: An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed—and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment” next to a headshot of the author Glenda Baskin Glover, a Black woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a blue suit and red lipstick.
Government State Policy

The Fight for Fair Funding at One Historically Black Land-Grant University

A new book from the former president of Tennessee State University reveals her battle to regain $544 million in documented underfunding.

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Quick Takes

Arkansas Baptist College Board Terminates President

Arkansas Baptist College President William Walker Jr. was terminated for unspecified reasons Monday after being placed on leave last week...
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Opinion
Columns Editor’s Note

Behind the Scenes of the College Presidency

For three years, The Sandbox has revealed a side of higher education leadership most of us will never see.

By Sara Custer

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Quick Takes

Wexner Steps Down as Ohio State Medical Center Board Chair Amid Epstein Lawsuits

Billionaire businessman Les Wexner has stepped down as chair of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Board of Trustees...
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Governance Accreditation

3 Things to Know About ED’s Accreditation Proposal

The administration accused accreditors of neglecting their “positions of public trust.”

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Opinion
Columns Small World

Building a Cabinet

Gordon talks to Rachel about hiring upper-level administrators.

By Rachel Toor and E. Gordon Gee