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Who's in Charge?
Despite social media and alumni magazine profiles, most college alumni don’t know the president of their alma mater. Does that matter?
Credit for Service
To help military veterans earn more credit for their training, a New Jersey community college creates a new degree track and sends two administrators to boot camp on Parris Island.
New Presidents or Provosts: Mendocino College, Parker U., St. Lawrence College (Ont.), University College London, U. of Connecticut, U. of Guyana, West Hills College-Coalinga
Michael Arthur, vice chancellor of the University of Leeds, in Britain, has been selected as president and provost of University...
Accreditors Without Borders
U.S. accrediting agencies believe they have a role to play in facilitating mobility and improving the quality of overseas institutions, but will they find it difficult to uphold the integrity of their standards abroad?
New Presidents or Provosts: Arkansas Northeastern College, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania, Morton College, Simpson College, Sullivan County CC, U. of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Wisconsin Technical College System
Mary Coussons-Read, associate vice chancellor for research and professor of psychology and professor of community and behavioral health at the...
Purdue’s Outsider
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has an unconventional background for a research university president, but he and Purdue’s board think that is what is needed to address the unconventional issues facing higher education. And he's winning over campus skeptics.
New Presidents or Provosts: Berkeley City College, Crafton Hills College, Judson U., Louisiana Tech U., Marietta College, Merritt College, U. of Memphis, U. of Tampa
Norma Ambriz-Galaviz, vice president of instruction for Mission College, in California, has been selected as president of Merritt College, also...
Closing Doors No More
A scathing report from a regional accreditor's site team tanks tighter admission standards at Pima Community College and finds a "culture of fear."