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Eliminating Undergraduates
Facing budget shortfalls and enrollment declines, Marygrove College in Detroit makes an uncommon decision.
New Presidents or Provosts: Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Dickinson College, Elmira College, Sage Colleges, St. Joseph's College (N.Y.), Sonoma State U, Southern Illinois U-Edwardsville, Stevenson U, Wright State U, York U
Christopher Ames, provost at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, has been selected as president at the Sage Colleges, in New...
Opinion
Saying You’re Sorry
University presidents often seem to struggle to issue apologies in controversial cases, but some say they tend to have reason to be cautious.
Opinion
The President as Mentor for Tackling Hard Questions
The time is right for a more courageous approach to difficult conversations, writes Ronald A. Crutcher, who meets regularly with students to discuss controversial issues across lines of difference.
The Merger Vortex
Mergers are hard, but they’re likely to be a topic of interest going forward, even if they don’t all make it off the drawing board, leaders with experience tell audience at NACUBO meeting.
Opinion
Of Moral Turpitude
Whether it’s a phone call to an escort service, explosive allegations of dangerous drug binges or questions about turning a blind eye to a problematic situation, recent higher ed scandals lay bare the murky moral waters leaders must navigate.
Debating the Right Spending Ratio
New research seeks to give trustees financial evaluation tools, finding some small colleges spend well over 50 cents on administration for every $1 spent on instruction -- but some say the numbers don't tell the whole story.
Problems Beyond the $306M Dorm
Bethune-Cookman, a historically black university with a proud history, copes with impact of borrowing against its endowment, fighting in court with its alumni, affiliating with a for-profit law school and inviting Betsy DeVos to speak at commencement.