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A photo of GMU president Gregory Washington, a Black man wearing a business suit and speaking at a podium

GMU President Lands Contract Extension

Last year many in the George Mason University community expected the Board of Visitors to fire President Gregory Washington over...
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South Carolina’s Clinton College Misses Payroll

Clinton College has been struggling to pay its employees for months. The small historically Black college in South Carolina missed...
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Opinion

‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and Higher Ed

What can we learn about the last two decades in higher education from the career of Miranda Priestley?

Texas State Capitol Building in Austin.

Texas’s Higher Ed Overseer Dismisses Dozens of Complaints

Republicans created the ombudsman position to investigate alleged violations of their ban on DEI and their gutting of faculty governance bodies.

Students walk through the University of Florida campus entrance in Gainesville, Florida.

UF Board Hires Bell as Interim President

The Florida Board of Governors sought to slow the University of Florida presidential hiring process over alleged compliance concerns. Trustees hired Stuart Bell as interim anyway.

Stuart Bell, an older white man with thinning hair, wearing a suit, in 2023, while he was University of Alabama president, next to a campus image of the University of Florida.

Florida’s Battle of the Boards

The Florida Board of Governors is delaying a confirmation vote for the University of Florida presidential hire, citing concerns about regulatory noncompliance by UF’s board chair.

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Coordinating Colleges at the City Level

Could we create metro-area councils to better organize the work that postsecondary providers do for their communities’ learners, employers and citizens?

Daytime view of the front entrance of the Felix Martinez Student Services Center at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands Board Says Ex-President Rigged Hiring

New Mexico Highlands University and its Board of Regents say recently fired president Neil Woolf deployed improper hiring and procurement...