Governance

After seven years leading an accrediting agency, Sonny Ramaswamy is retiring, but he urged higher education leaders to speak up and tell their story amid mounting political challenges.

The proposed partnership between the two minority- and Hispanic-serving institutions comes on the heels of NJCU’s steep financial challenges and state scrutiny in recent years.

Few college leaders think higher ed has responded effectively to the electorate’s “diploma divide” or to public trust concerns. What does this mean for the white-hot value debate?

Concerns about a federal funding freeze prompted some colleges to take action, but job and program cuts last month mostly stemmed from falling enrollments and budget issues.

Just because presidents may not be speaking out, that doesn’t mean they aren’t advocating for the sector and their students behind the scenes, Mary Dana Hinton writes.