Governance

Boards are more likely to view the mishandling of sexual misconduct as a serious liability, experts say. Castro will likely not be the last higher education executive to step down for this reason.

Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick threatens to end tenure over the teaching of critical race theory, further escalating the ongoing war on the teaching of CRT and other so-called divisive concepts in many states.

Curry College easily shifted classes online after being targeted by threats of violence. College officials used the technological know-how gleaned during the pandemic to keep students learning and safe.

Purdue University president Mitch Daniels’s comments about the growing campus gender gap draw criticism from engineering professors and students.

Accreditation is stepping up its game in an evolving higher education landscape in ways that may surprise you, writes Jamienne Studley.

Former two-term governor Sonny Perdue is all but certain to become the next leader of Georgia’s 26-institution public system. Students fear that if Perdue’s tenure looks anything like his time as governor, funding cuts will follow.

Chatham University had tenure, then it didn’t. Now it’s slated to adopt tenure again, citing faculty recruitment difficulties and morale problems.