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The DeSantis Takeover Begins
Florida governor Ron DeSantis vowed to defund DEI initiatives on the same day his hand-picked trustees convened at New College of Florida and fired the president.
Should Colleges Honor Disgraced Ex-Presidents?
Portraits, special ceremonies, emeritus status and massive payouts are just a few of the perks some ex-presidents receive—no matter what kind of upheaval they leave behind.
New Presidents or Provosts: Brown U, Colorado State U, Harvard U, Luther College, Miami U, New England College, Pennsylvania State U–Altoona, San Antonio College, U of New Mexico–Gallup
Bradley Chamberlain, vice president for mission and communication at Luther College, has been appointed provost there. Ron Darbeau, vice president...
In Black Professor’s Firing, AAUP Finds ‘Racist Tropes’
Indiana University Northwest fired a Black professor after alleging he said something about killing white people. An AAUP report found “racist tropes of incompetent, angry and physically violent Black men in the language used to justify his dismissal.”
An Unlikely Pairing
Hilbert College, a nonprofit Catholic institution in New York, is purchasing for-profit Valley College, which has four sites in Ohio and West Virginia. That makes for an unusual match.
New Presidents or Provosts: College of Wooster, Illinois Valley CC, Johnson & Wales U–Charlotte, Lawrence U, NHTI–Concord’s CC, Regis U, Rocky Mountain U, West Virginia U Institute of Technology
Salvador D. Aceves, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Regis University, in Colorado, has been named president there...
Opinion
Accreditors Are Sleeping on the Job
The accrediting agencies’ collective failure to hold low-performing colleges accountable against objective standards harms students and taxpayers, Jay Urwitz writes.
New Presidents or Provosts: Eastern New Mexico U, Ocean County College, Piedmont U, Siena College, State U of New York System, Tennessee College of Applied Technology–Athens, U of Connecticut, U of South Florida
Marshall Criser, former chancellor of the State University System of Florida, has been chosen as president of Piedmont University, in...