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Hiring Booms
Defying trends away from tenure, Ohio State and Syracuse will add more than 400 new tenure-track faculty members in the coming years.
Oregon State President on Probation
F. King Alexander will be on probation through June after a report detailed mishandling of sexual assault allegations at LSU, where he was president from 2013 to 2019.
Brandeis President Publicly Pans ‘Dead-End’ Contract Offer
University president Ron Liebowitz publicly takes Brandeis board's offer to task as negotiations hit a standstill, saying it would undercut his standing with donors.
New Presidents or Provosts: Emory U, Fayetteville State U, Misericordia U, Northern Arizona U, Northwest Iowa CC, St. Augustine's U, U of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, U of San Francisco
David D. Allen, dean of the School of Pharmacy and executive director and research professor of the Research Institute of...
New Presidents or Provosts: Central Alabama CC, College of the Holy Cross, Fisk U, Herzing U, Knox College, Sheridan College, U of La Verne, U of North Dakota, U of Scranton
Brian O. Hemphill, president of Radford University, in Virginia, has been selected as president of Old Dominion University, also in...
COVID-19: A Moment for Women in STEM?
National Academy of Sciences panel chronicles what COVID-19 has been like for female scientists and then urges institutions to take meaningful, equity-minded action on their findings.
Committee: ‘Eyes of Texas’ Not Racist
University of Texas at Austin report finds its alma mater wasn't originally intended to be racist despite describing "a painful reality of the song’s origin." Observers doubt the findings will keep students from feeling excluded.
Opinion
Another Wave of Presidential Departures?
Many college and university presidents may soon be leaving, writes L. Jay Lemons, but will their institutions be ready for the transition?