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MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Temple University president Jason Wingard resigned abruptly on Tuesday after less than two years on the job, the Board of Trustees announced. The Temple board vowed to increase its oversight of the university earlier this week because of what board chair Mitchell Morgan called “an unprecedented confluence of serious challenges.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Katherine Baicker , Emmett Dedmon Professor and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, in Illinois, has been appointed provost there. Deborah Ford , chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, has been appointed chancellor of Indiana University Southeast. Rear Admiral William G.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A California college employee who fatally stabbed his boss on campus in 2019 was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said Thursday. He attacked Steven Shek Keung Chan, a retired college administrator who had returned to work as a consultant, on Aug. Read more from NBC News.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 2, 2023

Nearly two dozen employees, or 13 percent of the workforce, at Bloomfield College will lose their jobs as part of the merger with Montclair State University, according to NJ.com. The merger is a unique example of a public institution, Montclair State, acquiring a struggling private college, which is uncommon in higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

Millikin University in Illinois is poised to lay off 15 employees and reduce a number of unspecified vacant positions, citing “the effects of the [coronavirus] pandemic, coupled with increased expenses, and changing demographics,” according to WAND-TV. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Mississippi University for Women, which has long accepted men, is considering a name change and has formed a task force to weigh the decision and suggest possible monikers. Mississippi University for Women has borne its current name for nearly 50 years and has accepted men for four decades. Hide by line?:

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Image: Years of dwindling enrollment and ongoing financial challenges have led to deep cuts at Cabrini University as administrators seek long-term stability. Following the latest wave of cuts, university leaders are making an appeal for partnerships. The university will also downsize from 18 department chairs to eight.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Image: After a missed bond payment and months of uncertainty, Cazenovia College will close. College officials remained tight-lipped, telling Inside Higher Ed earlier this fall only that “discussions continue to take place” on the outstanding bond payment. Now college leaders have made a clear decision about its future.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Major budget cuts are expected at North Dakota State University. Though officials haven’t yet put an exact number on the forthcoming cuts, the university is facing a projected $10.5 million budget shortfall over the next two years due to slumping enrollment , which is at a 15-year low according to The Forum , a local news outlet.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

New Jersey City University, reeling from a financial collapse , will lay off 30 professors in an effort to cut $12 million in expenses from its 2022–23 operating budget, the Jersey Journal reported. NJCU will also eliminate 37 percent of its 171 academic programs, the newspaper reported. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

The University of Minnesota is re-establishing ties with the Minneapolis Police Department two years after distancing itself in the wake of the brutal killing of George Floyd by an MPD officer, an incident captured on video that sparked nationwide protests and prompted colleges to rethink such partnerships.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting Tuesday to approve funds for much-needed fixes to the heating systems on several campuses. And doing all of that when it feels like the college, the administration, isn’t on your side, why would anyone bother?”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Image: Facing financial pressures, the King’s College made a recent appeal to donors for $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. College officials have said the money is needed to meet basic needs such as rent and payroll. The deadline to raise the $2.6

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The University of South Florida is restarting its search for a provost after a six-month effort yielded four candidates but no hire for the university’s top academic job. ” Ad keywords: administrators executive Editorial Tags: College administration Administrators Hiring Florida Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The accreditation saga at North Idaho College continues: last week the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities sent the community college a show cause letter. ” The college’s interim president, Greg South, has previously downplayed accreditation concerns. Hide by line?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Austin State University, one of the last Texas public universities to remain independent, might finally shed its unaffiliated status—a step that highlights the increasing complexities involved with running a college or university. Image: Stephen F. Questions about whether Stephen F.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Image: Hilbert College is marrying outside the faith. The four-year Roman Catholic nonprofit college in New York announced Wednesday that it would acquire Valley College, a for-profit career institution with four sites in Ohio and West Virginia. And despite the unusual pairing, Hilbert College officials say the move makes sense.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 19, 2023

Image: Presentation College in South Dakota announced its impending closure this week, making it the latest higher education casualty in a sector squeezed by slumping enrollment and rising costs. Plans for Presentation College Presentation College has been a fixture in the small town of Aberdeen, S.D.—population

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image: Bloomfield College will become part of Montclair State University, the institutions announced Wednesday, formalizing a merger that had been in the works for months since Montclair State stepped up to help the financially struggling Bloomfield. Bloomfield—a small private liberal arts college in Bloomfield, N.J.,

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. That allowed the college to build out new majors, which in turn brought in students and revenue. Rize was founded in 2019, and Adrian began using the platform the following year.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Image: When Steve Tedford, professor of mathematics at Misericordia University, wanted to boost enrollment in the department’s math and statistics courses, he thought of offering elective courses in the high-demand field of data analytics.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2022

Image: After five-plus decades as a joint venture, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis is taking on a new form, one that will not continue the collaborative effort between its namesake partners. Going forward, the IUPUI campus will be known as Indiana University Indianapolis.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 17, 2022

Image: Students at Virginia Commonwealth University might run across a new but familiar sight while walking through the Richmond campus this fall: a man on an electric bicycle, the words “free naloxone bike” laser-etched into a wooden lockbox above the handlebars. They’re also at risk now.”

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Faculty and professional staff at the City Colleges of Chicago have reached a tentative agreement on a new union contract and called off their planned strike later this week. The post City Colleges reach deal with faculty, staff union to avert strike appeared first on University Business. Read more on the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Image: A new report , released today, concludes that community college leaders and employers are failing to partner with each other in ways that meet both of their needs. Researchers also conducted field interviews with college and business leaders. Most industry leaders, 84 percent, said that they hire community college graduates.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne , associate dean for faculty and intellectual life at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, has been named president and dean of Albany Law School, in New York. Danielle Ren Holley , dean and professor of law at the Howard University School of Law, in Washington, D.C.,

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Image: Ousted last fall as CEO of Manchester Community College, Nicole Esposito subsequently sued the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, alleging gender discrimination and a number of other issues, including violations of her First Amendment and equal protection rights.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Daniel , executive vice president and chief operating officer of Education Forward Arizona, has been appointed president of South Mountain Community College, in Arizona. Louis, in Missouri, has been selected as president of Chamberlain University’s St. Tammy Keesey , nurse executive at Shriners Children’s St.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: The Whittier College Board of Trustees was scheduled for a rare in-person meeting this Friday, after conducting most business virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with her address looming, Oubré and her critics have radically different views of what the state of the college is. We’re very proud of that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Joy Bodin , interim president of Hennepin Technical College, in Minnesota, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Breese , provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Mount Union, in Ohio, has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Gwynedd Mercy University, in Pennsylvania.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Shivanthi Anandan , vice provost for undergraduate education at Drexel University, in Pennsylvania, has been selected as provost and vice president of academic affairs at LaSalle University, also in Pennsylvania. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?: George Grant Jr.

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University Business

MARCH 12, 2024

Education and how professors, administrators and their institutions can deliver content are bristling with innovation thanks to cutting-edge technology. Unfortunately for higher education, college administrators still seem ill-prepared for the disruption such technologies are bound to generate.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Joe Bertolino , president of Southern Connecticut State University, has been named president of Stockton University, in New Jersey. Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert , associate dean of the faculty at Scripps College, in California, has been selected as provost and executive vice president of University of the Pacific, also in California.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Image: Two colleges, one for-profit Chinese education company and too many problems to count. Bay State College in Massachusetts has seen three presidents in three years amid financial struggles that have led to the institution providing limited classes for students and receiving warnings from its accreditor. A Mess in Massachusetts.

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