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Accreditation Outside the Academy
As boot camps, online courses and other nontraditional academic offerings expand, several organizations angle to play an accreditor-like role in the growing space.
New Presidents or Provosts: Cazenovia College, Chamberlain College of Nursing-Houston, Cuyahoga CC-Western, National U, Southern Methodist U, U of Maine-Fort Kent, U of Texas-Austin
David W. Andrews, dean and professor of Johns Hopkins University School of Education, in Maryland, has been named president of...
New Presidents or Provosts: Baker College System, Brock U, California State U-Long Beach, Drake U, National U, Old Dominion U, St. Mary's U, Whitman College
Augustine (Austin) O. Agho, dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has been...
Modest Raises for Senior Administrators
Survey finds smaller gains in 2015-16 than have been the case since 2011-12.
Opinion
Identity and Leadership
If a college reduces its students to mere statistics, its fundamental purpose will be lost, writes Seamus Carey, who was a candidate to head Mount St. Mary's University before Simon Newman became president.
New or Improved?
There are no easy answers for California's two-year college system as it faces an unprecedented decision to move to a new accreditor, while also debating how to change the current one.
New Presidents or Provosts: Brandeis U, Hamilton College, Manhattanville College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, McHenry County College, Pennsylvania State U-Abington, Radford U, Staffordshire U, U of Wyoming
Liz Barnes, deputy vice chancellor at Sheffield Hallam University, in Britain, has been chosen as vice chancellor of Staffordshire University...
Should Presidents Moonlight on Corporate Boards?
Controversy over Davis chancellor's brief membership on DeVry board escalates into broader debate over a common practice.