Governance

She spoke out against the termination of her campus's only mental health counselor. A student died, and she got canned. Now this professor is suing Florida Poly for infringing on her protected speech.

A key common problem in the recent string of presidential resignations involves a lack of shared governance, argues William G. Tierney.

Why are growing numbers of presidential tenures short-lived, asks Clara M. Lovett, and what can we learn from them?

Another controversial policy proposal in Wisconsin would eliminate all programs with fewer than five majors annually, on average, if "remediation" didn't work. Faculty leaders see attempt to turn system into a "widget factory."

An accreditor places each college of the for-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education on probation, finding misrepresentations to students and -- at one campus -- discriminatory attitudes toward students.

Q&A with the co-editors of an anthology of essays on accreditation about new challenges for the college oversight bodies.