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Reorganization Feared at St. John's
Plan to put Annapolis and Santa Fe campuses of Great Books college under a single president at Santa Fe sets off anxieties among supporters of older campus in Annapolis.
Fight for FAMU's Future
Florida A&M president's future hangs in the balance as she tries to plot a path forward in performance-funded state -- amid reports some trustees want to remove her.
Diversifying the Presidency
The last five campus leaders picked at Cal State have been women, and recent hires have doubled the number of Asian-Americans who will be campus presidents.
New Presidents or Provosts: Georgia Southern U, Johnson and Wales U-Denver, Massachusetts Bay CC, North Carolina CC System, Ryerson U, Shawnee State U, Southern Arkansas U, U of North Georgia, Wayne State U
Jeffrey Bauer, acting provost at Shawnee State University, in Ohio, has been promoted to provost and vice president for academic...
The Department and St. Catharine
St. Catharine College is closing, and the small private institution blames its demise on a version of the same Education Department sanction that toppled the for-profit Corinthian Colleges.
Acrimony at Akron
President leaves suddenly, after outsourcing deals that didn't work, enrollment declines and presidential house renovation that struck many as over the top. Then there was the olive jar.
Plan to Define and Test What Students Should Know
New book unveils faculty-led effort to chart concepts and competencies students should learn in six academic disciplines, with plan to create standardized tests. Will faculty members warm to this version of "learning outcomes"?
The Faculty's Complicity
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn takes issue with arguments that the erosion of faculty members' participation in shared governance is entirely due to forces beyond their control.