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Did a Board Chair Overstep?
The board chair at the U of British Columbia objects to a professor's blog post on the president's sudden resignation -- fueling further concerns about that university's still unexplained leadership transition.
Establishment Goes Alternative
Seven major universities plan to create the University Learning Store, a joint web portal for microcredentials, featuring online content, assessments and tutoring.
Opinion
Kill Committee Meetings
The people who work in higher education could communicate and get things done much more efficiently if they moved away from the traditional system, writes Rose Cameron.
No Golden Parachute
University of Illinois board rejects $400,000 deal under which Phyllis Wise resigned as chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, and instead moves to fire her.
New Presidents or Provosts: Blinn College, Coppin State U, Cosumnes River College, Medaille College, Mount Marty College, Owensboro Community/Technical College, Philadelphia U, U of Michigan-Flint, U of North Carolina-Pembroke, Western Connecticut State U
Matt Dane Baker, executive dean of the College of Science, Health and the Liberal Arts at Philadelphia University, in Pennsylvania...
What Illinois Kept Secret
University admits some officials used personal email accounts to inappropriately withhold information sought in FOIA requests on Salaita and other controversies. Here's what the chancellor and others didn't want known.
$556.40 for Olive Jar
U of Akron, under fire for layoffs, details spending on presidential home renovations -- and one item leaps out for its cost and its lack of olives.
New Presidents or Provosts: Birmingham-Southern College, Minnesota State U-Moorhead, Northeastern U, Northern Michigan U, Northern State U, Southwestern College (Kan.), Spokane CC, Suffolk U, U of the District of Columbia, Xavier U of Louisiana
Brad Andrews, senior vice president for student success and strategic enrollment at Carthage College, in Wisconsin, has been appointed president...