Governance

Lafayette College steps out of the box by choosing College Advising Corps leader as its next president. The hire comes as the private college seeks to ramp up financial aid and grow its student body.

Thomas LeBlanc will retire at the end of his five-year contract in 2022 after taking criticism related to diversity on campus and plans to shrink the student body, but support for his handling of the pandemic.

Dickinson College will turn to its board chair, a high-profile federal judge, as a two-year interim because its president is resigning to return to American University of Nigeria, where she was previously president.

Candidates to fill Evergreen State College's presidency cited personal reasons for withdrawing, leaving college officials scratching their heads about what to do differently when the search restarts.

Gates Foundation issues report calling for a new definition of value, and for clear ways for students to identify it. The emphasis is on promoting economic mobility for all.

The Baptist women’s college had only 12 new students committed to attend in the fall.

The last year was particularly challenging for newly minted college presidents, who set aside long-term visions to rally around a common goal: get through the pandemic.