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Must Deans Be Silent?
Firing of a dean sets off debate over whether academic leaders must always publicly back the positions of their presidents.
New Presidents or Provosts: Alexandria Technical & Community College, Appalachian State U., College of Saint Benedict, Concorde Career Colleges, Franklin & Marshall College, Notre Dame of Maryland U., St. Francis Xavier U., Saint Louis U.
Sheri Noren Everts, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Illinois State University, has been selected as chancellor of...
New Hurdles for Tressel
The embattled former football coach now has to fend off campus politics and lead struggling Youngstown State University as president.
Accreditor for Upstarts
Two groups want to create new bodies that would review the academic quality of individual online courses or non-college providers.
New Presidents or Provosts: Baker College-Allen Park, George Mason U., London Metropolitan U., Michigan State U., Raritan Valley CC, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Valparaiso U., Virginia CC System
Kristine L. Barann, vice president of finance at Baker College of Allen Park, in Michigan, has been promoted to president...
New Presidents or Provosts: DeVry U., Doña Ana CC, Goucher College, Indiana U.-Kokomo, Indiana U.-Southeast, Mitchell College, Murray State U., Rockhurst U.
Robert Davies, president of Eastern Oregon University, has been appointed as president of Murray State University, in Kentucky. Douglas N...
Competency and Affordability
Southern New Hampshire University's College for America rolls out competency-based bachelor's degrees students can earn for $10,000 or less.
Opinion
A New Partnership
Administrators and professors both need to change practices to replace sniping with constructive approaches to challenges facing higher education, writes Susan Resneck Pierce.