Right after October 7, 2023, my concerns about the war in Gaza and Israel was focused on the reality of the horror and losses on both sides—those who died or were taken hostage at the hands of Hamas and those who died at the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces.
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Commencement ceremonies are being scaled back or canceled at U.S. universities because of security concerns over pro-Palestinian student protests.
As pro-Palestinian protests continue across the U.S., some colleges have struck deals with students to consider divestment in exchange for packing up encampments.
Pro-Palestine protests have spread across college campuses in the United States the past few weeks in response to the Israeli military’s ongoing war against Hamas and its impact on civilians in the Gaza Strip.
A new report from the Association of Governing Board of Universities and Colleges (AGB) outlined the top strategic issues for boards and senior leaders, revealing a sector beset by myriad challenges.
There’s been a great deal of discussion recently on the University of Kentucky campus and in the pages of the Herald-Leader about the arcane process of internal governance.
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees is likely to take another step Friday that would change the course of who has the final say over academic programs at the university.
College and university leaders thumped by campus blowback from the Israel-Hamas war find themselves with a perfect opportunity to prepare for a contentious presidential election season in the fall, a new campus conflict guidebook from the Constructive Dialogue Institute declares.
As it searches for its next president, Temple University is at a pivotal moment. Philadelphia’s publicly supported university can select the road of superficiality by chasing status in U.S. News and World Report.
Enrollment at the small, Catholic liberal arts college in Radnor, Pennsylvania, had fallen more than 60 percent since 2016, putting the tuition-dependent school with a small endowment under serious financial pressure.
TSU’s governing board was vacated and new members were appointed quickly, but these actions do not address funding shortfalls or a hostile legislature.
An ongoing debate in Virginia speaks to the need to clarify the bedrock duties of university boards, Thomas K. Hyatt and Morgan Alexander write.
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