Michigan State University president Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. is reportedly facing pressure from a faction of the Board of Trustees to step down, a move the chairwoman has called a rogue effort by certain members. Now Dr. Stanley faces an uncertain future at the institution he has led since 2019.
A number of universities have recently turned to search firms to find new chief human resources officers. Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, recently placed Ray Kliewer as Gonzaga University’s inaugural vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer.
When Howard University president Wayne A. I. Frederick announced in April that he wanted to retire by June 2024 after nearly a decade in the role, he joined dozens of college presidents with plans to leave their posts.
Montclair State University has thrown a multimillion-dollar lifeline to Bloomfield College, agreeing to provide financial support for the struggling private school to stay open during the 2022-2023 school year as the schools hash out the details of a more permanent arrangement that could include a merger.
Northern New Mexico College’s (NNMC) presidential search is entering its final stages.
New Jersey City University is facing scrutiny from the state government following a financial collapse that saw a dramatic reversal of fortune with the institution reportedly going from a surplus of $108 million in 2013 to a deficit of $67 million amid plans to expand NJCU’s campus.
Retired university presidents are sometimes still active at the institution that they once led, such as teaching courses as a tenured faculty member.
A sole finalist has been named in the search for Lamar Institute of Technology’s next president.
The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges held an emergency meeting Wednesday to select an interim president of the state community college system, a day after the current president announced plans to step down.
Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA), Ann Arbor, Mich., has received a $1.48 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its physician assistant master’s program.
Scanning the landscape, college and university financial leaders would seem to have plenty to worry about.
“Inflation is going to be really disastrous for higher education,” Griffith said. “(…)The vast majority of the schools don’t have the resources to correct for inflation.”
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