Leadership & Governance
Our news, opinion, and advice stories on leadership and governance for higher education leaders answer questions, like:
- How is the college presidency changing?
- Why are college leaders under fire?
- Who are the people, and forces, shaping college leadership?
Finance & Operations
Leaders say cuts are necessary to close a $48-million budget hole.
'Deep Betrayals'
The head football coach is the latest high-profile campus figure to leave a job in disgrace.
Investigation
How the government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
What Matters Most
From the September 11 terrorist attacks to the Great Recession and the recent dawning of AI, colleges have been tested and disrupted in the quarter century.
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Not Conservative Enough
Texas A&M’s board grew weary from the steady drumbeat of online posts accusing the university of liberal ideology — and desired a more explicitly conservative leader. This story was co-published with The Texas Tribune.
Power Challenge
Portland State says the arbitrator went too far.
Working Better: Advice
It’s unreasonable to expect professors to hit hurdle after hurdle and still stay in the race. Institutions are going to have to clear some obstacles.
Finance Fatigue
Rider University in New Jersey is right-sizing after being placed on probation by its accreditor. But an exhausted faculty is losing faith after several rounds of reductions.
Newly Updated
We’ve documented actions taken on hundreds of college campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.
