Chat with AGB Board BotSteven 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.
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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.
When Joseph I. Castro, chancellor of the California State University system, resigned Thursday amid criticism over his past handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a subordinate, he became the fourth prominent higher education leader to depart his institution in recent months.
Contra Costa Community College District’s chancellor is on paid administrative leave for the second time in less than a year. Faculty and staff are confused about the dispute between the chancellor and board members.
Former two-term governor Sonny Perdue is all but certain to become the next leader of Georgia’s 26-institution public system. Students fear that if Perdue’s tenure looks anything like his time as governor, funding cuts will follow.
A Georgia professor quit when the state university system refused to require her students to wear masks.
The University of Memphis Board of Trustees has been selected to receive a prestigious award for their leadership during the time they have been representing the university.
Officials launched a survey to solicit feedback on shared governance from full-time faculty, administrators and the Board of Trustees Thursday as part of broader efforts to develop recommendations to enhance shared governance at GW this spring.
Florida legislators are building support for a new law that would shield the identities of all but the top contenders for public college and university president jobs — a measure that’s drawn criticism from advocates for transparency and shared governance.
UCF’s Paige Borden ’95MBA ’00EdD has joined a new Council for Student Success of the Association of Governing Boards and Colleges (AGB) launched to provide higher education boards with insights and strategies to boost student outcomes.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are receiving unprecedented attention these days, particularly from private philanthropy.