E. Gordon Gee likes to tell a joke that goes like this: When he first became a university president, in 1981, at age 37, he was doing a bad job. One day a couple of older professors told him as much. His problem, they informed the young president, was that he did not look or act the part.
“It’s a true blend of academic affairs and student life in a way that I haven’t seen at other universities,” Elizabeth Davis, president of Furman University (S.C.), says about the Furman Avantage.
A group of Harvard Jewish alumni is scouring the school’s course offerings, critiquing diversity and inclusion policies, and lobbying top administration in an attempt to root out what they view as pervasive antisemitism plaguing the university.
State senators blocked the latest effort to reform how board members at public New Mexico institutions are chosen.
The Babson College Board of Trustees recently was honored as one of the four recipients of the 2024 John W. Nason Award for Board Leadership by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB).
Executive search firm AGB Search provided the report to the State Board of Higher Education, which discussed it Thursday
Politically motivated plagiarism claims prompted Harvard’s Claudine Gay to resign. Her decision to step down largely follows the trend of other, similar cases.
The departures of Ivy League leaders highlights the escalating pressures on campus officials across the country
Scorched-earth public attacks, shrinking enrollment, and government interference have made the job more challenging than ever.
The firestorm that has enveloped Harvard and other universities in recent months has raised questions about the credentials necessary to lead elite universities.
A former governor and a former US president are among the names in the air as Harvard begins its search.
