University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. Lisa Coleman – Adler University (Ill.) Coleman begins on Sept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida (UF). There will be a university meeting in January to review the proposal. “We

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The details of our latest national debate about rigor are well-known by now: in a story that made national news , 82 of 350 students in a New York University organic chemistry class last spring signed a petition claiming the class was too hard. A review of that history can help us reassess that relationship.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. Beginning today, Ohio State University will not have a president.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

I was on the early board of trustees of Western Governors University and was a part of the group that helped envision what that could be. Nothing was more instructive than watching five years of those. It was amazing being a part of that larger conversation. And I've been part of probably 30 other boards, including corporate boards.

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