The governing board of the Contra Costa Community College District in California reinstated Chancellor Bryan Reece last Thursday after putting him on administrative leave with pay two weeks ago.
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Talk to most college leaders long enough, and they will eventually invoke their institutions’ strategic plans, sometimes as blueprints for specific improvements, other times as almost talismanic documents that will increase enrollment or diversity through their existence alone.
Experts point to several factors impacting the increase in presidential movement in recent months.
Mills College will merge with Northeastern University, after a vote by the Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
Students, faculty and staff raised concerns about issues ranging from employee relations to transparency in the process for addressing allegations of racist conduct on campus.
After their presidents died unexpectedly, Converse University and Saint Augustine’s University had to quickly install new leadership. Succession plans for such tragedies have become high priorities for college and university boards in the wake of the pandemic.
A letter on HBCU governance from Dr. Charlie Nelms, HBCU advocate and chancellor emeritus at North Carolina Central University.
Some supporters of the college say the financial situation may not be so dire and have pursued legal and political means to slow an acquisition by Northeastern.
A year later, with COVID-19 loosening its grip on campuses, it’s not surprising to find campus financial managers in a better place.
A panel of experts advised that diversity officers should be a part of every major conversation happening at an institution, and that changes made in an effort to improve equity should be made fully transparent to the public.
Pennsylvania is just the latest state to come up with plans to merge several universities into a few.
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tangle with the University of North Carolina seems to many yet another reason to dismiss the tenure system as the preserve of a white, male hierarchy intolerant of divergent views and inattentive to the need for diversity.