Hancock College school board members finalized an earlier decision to select Kevin Walthers as the superintendent/president of Hancock community college in a board meeting Tuesday night.
Brother Michael McGinniss will step down May 31, 2014. He will have headed La Salle for 15 years at that point, and spent the five years prior as president of Christian Brothers University in Memphis.
Sean O'Malley is protesting the refusal of Boston College to disinvite Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who is leading an attempt to amend Ireland's ban on abortion.
Spanier, who led the college for 16 years, is awaiting trial on criminal charges of perjury, obstruction, endangering the welfare of children, failure to properly report suspected child abuse and conspiracy stemming from administrators’ handling of sex abuse allegations against Sandusky, the university’s former assistant football coach.
Oakland University President Gary D. Russi announced Monday the appointment of James P. Lentini as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. Pending formal approval by the Oakland University Board of Trustees, his tenure will begin on July 8.
Charles Steger, 65, continues to be a central figure and criticized for the way the Blacksburg campus responded on April 16, 2007, when a student-gunman killed 32 students and faculty before killing himself.
In a resignation letter, Saunders highlighted FAU’s progress in academics and student success, but also noted “there is no doubt the recent controversies have been significant and distracting to all members of the University community.”
The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill setting new limits on the powers of university regents to fire campus presidents and requiring regents to under undergo ethics training.
Community members, friends, and former co-workers of Northampton Community College's late former president, Robert Kopecek, celebrated his life today in the campus building named in his honor.
Former Frederick Community College (Md.) president Arthur Talley received $90,000 in exchange for his January departure just six months after taking the school’s top post.
Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) has tapped Alex Johnson, who led the college’s Metropolitan Campus from 1993 to 2003, as its next president. Dr. Johnson, who currently serves as president of the Community College of Allegheny County in the Pittsburgh area, will replace Jerry Sue Thornton, who has led Tri-C through a period of marked growth over the last 21 years.
The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Sponsored Ministries Board of Directors and the Silver Lake College of the Holy Family Board of Directors have appointed Dr. Chris E. Domes the 10th president of the college. Domes has been at Marymount University in Arlington, Va., since 1996, serving as vice president for student development and enrollment management since 2003.
The 67-year-old, who previously acknowledged that he accepted sumptuous gifts from crooked former Dean Cecilia Chang before she committed suicide, sent an email to students and faculty declaring that he will step down effective July 31. Harrington served as president of the University for 24 years.
After a number of high-profile battles with key Hawaii lawmakers in 2012 and 2013, University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood announced this week she will step down.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announced that William Bowes will take over as CFO on July 1. Bowes most recently was chief financial officer for the Connecticut Colleges and State Universities Board of Regents for Higher Education.