Filter & Sort
New Presidents or Provosts: American College of Education, Cardiff U, Christopher Newport U, Eastern Illinois U, Indiana U–Southeast, U of Chicago, U of the South, West Virginia U Potomac State College
Katherine Baicker, Emmett Dedmon Professor and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, in...
New Presidents or Provosts: College of the Holy Cross, Gwynedd Mercy U, Hennepin Technical College, Mercy U, Pennsylvania State U–Altoona, St. Cloud Technical CC, U of Pennsylvania, Wake Technical CC
Joy Bodin, interim president of Hennepin Technical College, in Minnesota, has been named to the job on a permanent basis...
Provosts' views on tenure, gen ed, budgets and more
A small majority of provosts (52 percent) would favor a system of long-term contracts over the current tenure system, according...
Under Fire and Underfunded
A comptroller’s report outlines a lack of planning and poor decisions by Tennessee State University and calls for new leadership. The institution’s supporters blame decades of state underfunding for the problems.
New Presidents or Provosts: Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Clayton State U, Columbia U, Delaware County CC, Georgia State U, Lakehead U, New York Institute of Technology, U of Mount Union, U of Wisconsin–Whitewater
Jerry Balentine, executive vice president and interim provost at New York Institute of Technology, has been named provost and EVP...
Should Outgoing Presidents Have Hiring Powers?
Ruth Simmons left Prairie View A&M early over limits to her authority in hiring decisions. Deferring such powers to new presidents is a common practice but often not a set policy.
Opinion
What the Accreditation Naysayers Don’t Understand
If you want a higher ed reboot, you’re going to need the accreditors, Lawrence Schall writes.
King’s College Faces Financial Peril
The King’s College needs $2.6 million to meet its “immediate needs” and stave off closure. Weeks into the fundraising effort, less than $200,000 has been donated.