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Reprieve at Hope College
Board drops plan to fire president immediately but may do so next month. Case is latest in which campus leaders face ouster from trustees, despite strong backing from students, professors and alumni.
New Presidents or Provosts: Capital U, Eastern Michigan U, Geneva College, Hawaii Pacific U, Marist College, National U, Stanford U, Utica College, William Jewell U
Debra Bean, provost of National University, in California, has been selected as president of John F. Kennedy University, also in...
New Presidents or Provosts: Kellogg CC, Montgomery County CC, Lincoln U, Point Park U, San Jose State U, Sonoma State U, U of New Hampshire, U of North Carolina Wilmington
Mark O'Connell, interim president of Kellogg Community College, in Michigan, has been named to the job on a permanent basis...
Opinion
Improving With Age
Most colleges put student work at the center of how they measure academic quality, writes Peter Ewell, who argues that abandoning student learning outcomes would be a serious mistake.
Opinion
SLO Madness
The student learning outcomes accreditors require too often reduce learning to inane, meaningless blurbs, writes Robert Shireman, which prevent the sort of quality assurance that puts student work at the center.
Law School Co-Deans: 'Like a Marriage'
Over the last few years, universities started appointing two deans to lead their law schools temporarily. Now, a few are going that route with permanent appointments.
When RPI Banned Protest, It Became a Class
What started as a movement about changes to the student union turned into a debate about free speech.
Competency for the Traditional-Age Student
Accreditor approves Purdue's new competency-based bachelor's degree, which blends technical disciplines with the humanities and has a customizable approach designed more for a career than a first job.