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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...
Stuck With Profit
Grand Canyon U's leaders criticize decision by its accreditor to block the company's attempt to go nonprofit, raising questions about the broad use of outsourcing in higher education.
Should Presidents Moonlight on Corporate Boards?
Controversy over Davis chancellor's brief membership on DeVry board escalates into broader debate over a common practice.
The Triad and For-Profits
The Obama administration prods state regulators to tighten their oversight of for-profits, with a focus on job placement rates. But confusion about calculating those rates reigns, and many state agencies are understaffed and outgunned.
Opinion
Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
Imagine that you have to come to a mutually acceptable decision with competing interests, fast, in a group and under the spotlight. Being a trustee is one tough job, argue Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel.