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A Move Up Instead of Out
The College of Saint Mary announced the selection of a new president. She backed out and will instead become president of Alvernia University, the institution she planned to leave.
New Presidents or Provosts: Alma College, Folsom Lake, Northern Virginia CC, Purdue U, Texas Christian U, U of St. Thomas, U System of Maryland
Sean Burke, associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs...
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.
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.