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With FSU receiving funding for a new dental school and other Florida universities being rejected, efforts to establish a College of Dentistry highlight a broader issue about whether that would address the dental care shortage in the state.
BY GRANT MINCY Buried inside the Department of Education’s proposed Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) rule sits a single provision, § 602.23(j), that reads on the surface lik…
“This book is an essential resource for anyone who believes governance is both a responsibility and a calling.” Ross A. Mugler, President. Association of Governing Boards
Opinion: The “pick your lane” approach with faculty owning curriculum and the administration owning the budget doesn’t work anymore, if it ever really did.
Universities consistently add new programs, centers, and facilities but rarely retire outdated ones, fostering an unsustainable “culture of addition.”
Due to the increasing pressure to efficiently administer higher education institutions, the practice of shared governance is receiving more attention than ever.
Pauline Scalvino, ’87, chair of the La Salle University Board of Trustees, will be part of an advisory group committed to advancing higher education by ensuring institutional governing boards are prepared for success.
Mori Hosseini, the chairperson of the University of Florida’s board of trustees, did not overstep his authority during the school’s two-year search for a permanent president, the Board of Governors in…
On August 3 the Secretary of Education asked every college and university in the country to publish a statement, before the end of 2026, addressing seven subjects, including admissions criteria, faculty hiring and evaluation, academic standards and grading, and the direction of institutional research.
Opinion: A letter writer responds to Ross Mugler’s article, “McMahon pens letter to Virginia universities” (A2, Aug. 12).
Opinion: No university should respond to Secretary McMahon’s letter without significant faculty involvement.