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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. It has happened at Evergreen State, New Mexico and Wisconsin, among other institutions. Finding a leader who can inspire or strengthen an institution is even harder. Someone who can speak out effectively on behalf of higher education?

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

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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Can higher education in Pennsylvania be saved?

University Business

Pennsylvania is facing a double-edged sword in funding its higher education system next year, so much so that Gov. Josh Shapiro proclaimed his state’s public higher education system “isn’t working. If the state’s allocation for PASSHE doesn’t increase at all, universities could be looking at a 7.5%

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Columbia Journalism School Honors Life, Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wells Symposium will feature remarks by Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik and notable voices from national media. Dawn Kissi “There is a tradition in this country of the advocacy journalist, and within that long history Ida B. Wells, in a day-long symposium March 25. The inaugural Ida B.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Three college administrators—including one president—will be coordinating goodbye parties at their current institutions as they prepare to move on to bigger opportunities elsewhere. Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college. Lisa Coleman – Adler University (Ill.)

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The Seeds of Diversity Beget a President of Harvard

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s apparently how long it takes for diversity to work it’s magic at what is considered, if not the top institution of higher learning, then certainly the oldest. Emil Guillermo But history has a way of catching up and exposing sins of the past, and then there is no good excuse. I took just one class, but I could see the divide.

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President moves: 1 momentous resignation, 3 leaders enter 2024 with new prospects

University Business

Leadership at Harvard University will get to test their equanimity after a headline-worthy shakeup that shot one of the world’s most prominent institutions of higher education into the defensive on the first days of 2024. She was the shortest-serving president in Harvard’s history, last six months.