Minnesota State has named four finalists in the search for the next president of St. Cloud State University. The candidates are Matt Cecil, Lisa Foss, Rodney Hanley, and Gregory Tomso.
Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has been retained by Lewis University to lead in its search its 11th president.
IOWA CITY — With a growing chorus of constituents urging Iowa’s Board of Regents to either sign or reject the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” a board spokesman confirmed, “We are reviewing the compact.”

WASHINGTON, DC (October 27, 2025)—ACE and dozens of higher education associations are raising serious concerns about two new federal actions that could reshape how colleges and universities recruit and retain international faculty, researchers, and graduates.
On Thursday, Oct. 16, several Claremont and national labor organizing groups held a teach-in at the Motley Coffeehouse in response to Pomona College’s Café 47 switching their supplier from Peet’s Coffee to Starbucks Coffee.
It was not a given that the proffered Trump “compact” for colleges would be dead on arrival. When the administration offered its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine universities earlier this month, it was the latest volley in a long campaign to bring higher education to heel.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision permitting the executive branch to withhold congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds could have far-reaching implications for higher education.
