The New College of Florida trustees now dominated by conservatives appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis voted Wednesday to deny tenure to five professors, overriding concerns by faculty and students that the decision poses a threat to academic freedom. Shouts of “shame on you!” came from the audience afterward. One trustee holdover, New College professor Matthew Lepinski, quit […]

JoAnne Epps was named Temple University’s acting president, the Board of Trustees announced Tuesday. She will begin serving in the role immediately. “It means so much to me to be offered this opportunity to be continue to lead this great institution,” Epps said. Epps, 71, joined Temple’s faculty in 1985. Epps was appointed dean of Temple […]

The last two weeks have seen the South Carolina university's leadership flip on its head. An incendiary closed-door meeting and a fiery letter from the president—which was later leaked—calling out BJU's "dysfunctional leadership" dragged the private evangelical university's community into the fray and has culminated in the chairman's resignation.

Several presidents who decided to hang up their cleats and move on were lauded for their accomplishments, while others... not so much.