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Say No to ‘Checklist’ Accountability
Proposals to judge colleges with federal scorecards and rating systems would replace accreditors' thorough reviews of quality with a simplistic checklist that will only address symptoms and encourage gaming, argue Belle Wheelan and Mark Elgart.
New Presidents or Provosts: Chamberlain College of Nursing-St. Louis, Cogswell College, Eastern Washington U., Marylhurst U., Monmouth College (Ill.), Northwest Missouri State U., Shelton State CC, U. of Denver
Rebecca Chopp, president of Swarthmore College, in Pennsylvania, has been selected as chancellor of the University of Denver, in Colorado...
Florida State's Politician President
Trustees, despite faculty and student opposition, pick political insider without experience in higher education.
New Presidents or Provosts: Finger Lakes CC, Georgia Highlands College, Ivy Tech CC-Terre Haute, Mesabi Range College, Missouri Southern State U., Mount Saint Mary College, U. of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WGU Texas
Lea Anne Crooks, executive director of human resources and executive director of corporate college at Ivy Tech Community College, has...
Wage Data Done Right
New data on the labor-market returns of short-term certificates show both the value and pitfalls of using earnings data as a yardstick in higher education.
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Merger Causes and Consequences
Susan Resneck Pierce considers the questions college leaders need to ask.
Sharing Intel on Completion
A new group of 11 public research universities says it can set aside competition and prestige-chasing to work together to graduate more low-income students.
Who Gets to Decide?
As the newly independent University of Oregon searches for a new president, faculty and staff unions say it's being too secretive.