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New Presidents or Provosts: Des Moines Area CC-Carroll, Florida International U., Iona College, North Seattle College, Trinity College, U. of Phoenix, U. of the Western Cape
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, in Massachusetts, has been chosen as president...
Seizing a Sculpture
At Canada's Capilano University, the administration confiscates a professor's work caricaturing the president on the grounds that it constitutes "harassment."
Laureate Looks Forward
Laureate Education's CEO, Douglas Becker, talks about how the huge for-profit higher-ed company works across 30 countries, where it has hit snags, and what comes next.
New Presidents or Provosts: Aquinas College (Mich.), College of Charleston, CC of Philadelphia, Humboldt State U., Marquette U., Minnesota State University-Southeast Technical, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dorothy Duran, vice president for academic affairs at Iowa Western Community College, has been selected as president of Minnesota State...
Must Deans Be Silent?
Firing of a dean sets off debate over whether academic leaders must always publicly back the positions of their presidents.
New Presidents or Provosts: Alexandria Technical & Community College, Appalachian State U., College of Saint Benedict, Concorde Career Colleges, Franklin & Marshall College, Notre Dame of Maryland U., St. Francis Xavier U., Saint Louis U.
Sheri Noren Everts, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Illinois State University, has been selected as chancellor of...
New Hurdles for Tressel
The embattled former football coach now has to fend off campus politics and lead struggling Youngstown State University as president.
Accreditor for Upstarts
Two groups want to create new bodies that would review the academic quality of individual online courses or non-college providers.