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Faculty Strike at 14 Campuses
After contract talks between faculty union and Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education crumble over wages and benefits, many students woke up Wednesday morning to no classes.
New Presidents or Provosts: Aquinas College (Mich.), Central Piedmont CC, DeVry U, Joliet Junior College, Sheridan College, Trident International U, U of West Florida, Washington State U North Puget Sound-Everett, William E. Macaulay Honors College
Stephen Barrows, program coordinator of the economics department at Aquinas College, in Michigan, has been appointed executive vice president, provost...
'Dancing in the Rain'
Author discusses his new book about how administrators can lead colleges with "mindfulness and self-compassion" -- and the right emotions.
States and Student-Level Data
While political support in Washington builds slowly for a federal student record database, Indiana and the University of Texas System get creative with their own data on how students fare after college.
Opinion
Rescuing the Department in Distress
Even though academic departments are crucial for universities, Robert Weisbuch says, we have not thought enough about how to avoid dysfunctional ones.
Picking Political Presidents
Search processes prove to be a key point of contention as West Florida and Kennesaw State have considered making politicians university presidents.
Looking for a New Home
National accreditor ACCSC gets inquiries from nearly 300 colleges overseen by ACICS, most of them for-profits. Critics of accreditors will be watching as the agency reviews the flood of applications.
'Nail in the Coffin' for Chicago State?
“I just wonder how long we can go,” one faculty member at the financially struggling public university says.