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Former Coach for President?
Amid controversy over premature departure of Youngstown State president, community leaders -- including a congressman -- push the football icon Jim Tressel for the university's top job.
The President and the Paupers
Activists at St. Mary's College of Maryland and Brandeis University have asked presidents to tie their wages to staff salaries.
Poaching Presidents
Should presidents be job-hunting after seven months in office? Should a search firm recruit someone who would walk away at that time?
Tough Love for Accreditation
The accreditation process needs to change, an expert writes in a new book, but accreditors are making more progress than their critics charge.
Opinion
Accreditation and Autonomy
Our imperfect system of quality assurance is what gives American higher education a degree of independence from the government interference we see elsewhere in the world, writes Alexander Astin.
An Innovation Stifler?
An accrediting agency just approved a free, online university with a largely volunteer faculty. Is accreditation really the squelcher of experimentation it is made out to be?
New Presidents or Provosts: Baker College of Flint, California State U.-Dominguez Hills, Chipola College, Columbia College (Calif.), Mills CC, Northeast Lakeview College
Shelley Berkley, former U.S. representative from Nevada, has been named CEO and provost of Touro University's Western Division. Angela Fairchilds...
Valentines for Everyone
At New College of Florida, the president has a wish for each student, faculty member and employee today.