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New Presidents or Provosts: Glen Oaks CC, Imperial College London, Mercy U., Montana State U.-Northern, Nottingham Trent U., Southeast CC, Texas Tech U., Virginia Tech
David Devier, vice president of academic and student affairs at Clark State Community College, in Ohio, has been named as...
How Much Can Be Cut?
Iowa Wesleyan eliminates 22 of its 52 professors and half of its academic programs. The president thinks it is now ready to grow. Can it?
Taking the Direct Path
Competency-based education is gaining steam, but questions remain about which forms the U.S. Department of Education will back.
Former Coach for President?
Amid controversy over premature departure of Youngstown State president, community leaders -- including a congressman -- push the football icon Jim Tressel for the university's top job.
The President and the Paupers
Activists at St. Mary's College of Maryland and Brandeis University have asked presidents to tie their wages to staff salaries.
Poaching Presidents
Should presidents be job-hunting after seven months in office? Should a search firm recruit someone who would walk away at that time?
Tough Love for Accreditation
The accreditation process needs to change, an expert writes in a new book, but accreditors are making more progress than their critics charge.
Opinion
Accreditation and Autonomy
Our imperfect system of quality assurance is what gives American higher education a degree of independence from the government interference we see elsewhere in the world, writes Alexander Astin.