Governance

Higher education institutions should stop filling their boards with donors and instead recruit unaffiliated people with expertise in the areas they need help in, Ryan Craig and David Friedman argue.

By David Friedman and Ryan Craig

Presidents can use a reality check when it comes to the good and not-so-good circumstances and events occurring on our campuses, writes Kevin Kruger.

By Kevin Kruger

NYU’s push to help students graduate in under four years leaves questions about who it helps and how much of a difference it can make at one of the country’s most expensive universities.

An alleged kickback scheme leaves a small Christian college in unusual territory.

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan and U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have a similar leadership style, writes Charlie Tyson, and public reaction to it says a good deal about how our society pigeonholes women with power.

By Charlie Tyson

Former Bowdoin College president takes a lower-ranking role at UMass Boston, saying he thinks the challenge in American higher education is in public institutions.

There is a real danger should presidents, as leaders of our campuses, speak out in judgmental terms about the wisdom of a Trump administration action, argues Donald J. Farish.

By Donald J. Farish

Recent increases in number of minority administrators don't keep up with demographic shifts, but new study finds broad pay equity.