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The new Gallup data comes at a time of high concern about whether higher ed treats women employees fairly and gives them adequate opportunities to advance in their careers.
Across the country we are witnessing a resurgence in student activism. On campuses far and wide, one can hear calls for racial justice, worker rights, divestment, environmental action and gender equity ringing out.
A new bill exempts presidential searches at Florida’s public institutions from open records law, keeping candidates’ names confidential until the end. Faculty unions oppose such measures.
SEI and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) today introduced new research providing insight into the college- and university-affiliated foundation operational and investment landscape.
The University of Iowa Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Carroll Reasoner has announced her retirement.
Lake-Sumter State College’s president Stanley Sidor announced he would retire from his role by June 30.
Merrill Irving Jr., the president of Hennepin Technical College, stepped down Monday morning amid pressure from employees and state lawmakers to resign.
The Canisius College board of trustees on Friday announced Steve K. Stoute, J.D., vice president for strategic initiatives and chief of staff at DePaul University in Chicago, was named the institution’s 25th president. He will begin his tenure on July 1.
Steven K. Stoute, J.D. will start as the 25th Canisius College president on July 1. He is currently vice president for strategic initiatives and chief of staff at DePaul University in Chicago.
A number of universities have turned to search firms to find new chief human resource officers. Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, was recently called in by Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, to lead its search for a new CHRO.
Faculty members at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are speaking up about the ongoing search to replace outgoing president Laurie Leshin, emphasizing the need for a new leader committed to shared governance and someone who can heal the community after a series of recent student suicides.