Filter & Sort
New Presidents or Provosts: Arkansas State U-Mid-South, Benedictine U, California State U-Bakersfield, Cayuga CC, LeMoyne-Owen College, Peralta CC District, Southern U System, Ulster County CC, Watkins College of Art, Design and Film
Ray L. Belton, chancellor of Southern University's Shreveport campus, in Louisiana, has been appointed president and chancellor of the Southern...
Were the Vetters Vetted?
A controversial pick for U of Iowa's president and a short tenure for an athletics director at Minnesota who is accused of harassment have a search firm in common.
Dating the Dean
Resignation and litigation at Stanford point to complications when an administrator has a relationship with a faculty member in his or her unit, but few colleges have formal policies about such situations.
Another New Name
A public institution in Georgia is changing its name just three years after an initial, controversial switch that angered alumni, faculty and students.
An HBCU Fights to Survive
Cheyney U, the nation's first black college, faces rising deficits, falling enrollments and a crumbling campus. Are its problems due to decades of unfair treatment by Pennsylvania, inept management or both?
Would-Be Disruptor Shifts Gears
A plan to create an accreditor for online programs adopts a new model: free MOOCs to help students earn placement credit.
New Presidents or Provosts: Anna Maria College, Bellingham Technical College, California State U-Northridge, Cape Fear CC, Catholic U of America, Concorde Career Colleges, Grambling State U, Iowa Wesleyan U, U of Missouri-Kansas City
Andrew V. Abela, dean of the School of Business and Economics at Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., has...
Keeping Up With Competency
With 600 institutions at least in the design phase for a competency-based credential, college officials will meet this month to talk about how to build a program -- and how to ensure its academic quality.