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Like much of America, higher education is consumed with uncertainty over Tuesday’s presidential election.

The interview as a form of personal testimony is a staple of the presidential search ritual that is here to stay. What should be set aside, however, is the naive belief that public performance is a sure guide to a candidate’s leadership potential. The entire search process stands to be improved with steps that bring stronger candidates to the forefront and enable search committees to distinguish truly exceptional leaders from those who talk a good game. We call this superior alternative the forensic model. 

Robert J. Nava, vice president for CSUSB’s University Advancement and executive director of the Philanthropic Foundation, has been invited to serve on the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) Council on Foundation Leaders. AGB, with more than 40,000 members worldwide, is the premier organization focused on empowering college, university and foundation boards to govern with knowledge and confidence.

Last week, Harvard University announced Alan Garber would shed his interim presidency title and serve as president until the end of the 2026-2027 academic year. While the announcement was met with enthusiasm from some members of the Harvard community, it was also critiqued by pro-Palestine activists and others.

A consultant told Florida A&M University’s trustees as they began their search for a new president that successful university leaders take a business-executive mindset to the job while, in her experience, candidates are less often emerging from within academia.

Lee Roberts, the interim chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of four finalists for the permanent role heading into a final decision this week, according to multiple sources close to the process.

Kimbrough considers the investments in HBCUs by the Biden-Harris administration to be historic.

University of Maryland coaches and administrators were the highest-paid employees in the state in 2023, mirroring soaring compensation costs in higher education across the country.