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Doing Away With Departments
The new chancellor of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has big plans to eliminate all departments across campus, in the name of “synergy” and cost savings. But many professors question his motives and doubt it’s the right move.
Doctoring an Audit
Two staffers have resigned, days ahead of a report expected to slam the University of California’s Office of the President for interfering in an audit of the institution.
New Presidents or Provosts: Chattanooga State CC, Lincoln U (Pa.), Mary Baldwin U, Pacific Union College, Portland State U, State U of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, U of British Columbia, Yosemite CC District
Brenda A. Allen, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Winston-Salem State University, in North Carolina, has been appointed...
Days of Reckoning
Recent closures make it more likely a trend of private college consolidation has started. Institutions feeling particular pressure are small colleges, those in the Midwest and Roman Catholic institutions located away from Catholic population centers.
Taxing T-shirt Revenue
Senate Republicans’ plan would tax colleges on royalties from licensing income and create regulation for business activity unrelated to core mission.
Another Small Private College Will Close
St. Gregory’s, an Oklahoma institution founded in 1875, will cease operations at the end of the semester.
The Racist Tweet That Won't Go Away
In September, a student at Monroe Community College posted a racist tweet. It’s November, and the faculty union and the administration are still in conflict over the institution’s response.
It’s a Tough Job, but Somebody’s Got to Do It
Neither Penn State nor Johns Hopkins’s Peabody Institute enjoyed particularly strong shared governance within the last decade. Recent reform efforts hold promise.