Governance

Activists at the University of Alabama want a racist term removed from the fight song. Other students argue it’s not racist, it’s “tradition.” The administration has yet to respond.

Lingering free speech concerns from past events at Yale Law School prompt a conservative judge to call for his colleagues to avoid hiring graduates as clerks.

A proposed bylaw change as to how UVA selects faculty board reps reveals lingering mistrust between campus constituencies.

Ambow Education purchased Bay State College in 2017 and the NewSchool of Architecture & Design in 2020. Now critics say both institutions are in shambles.

Yes, many Americans question higher ed’s value, but college presidents are answering their questions in innovative and important ways, Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel write.

By Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel

The Michigan State Board of Trustees has been trying to push the university president out since September. After initially holding on, Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. is now stepping down.

The University of Maine at Augusta is relaunching a presidential search after the last one failed because system leaders withheld information about the candidate they selected.

A Title IX compliance review casts new light on the effort to push out Michigan State’s president. But another battle—over allegations of an overstepping board—is also underway.