Brown's Christina Paxson sets a departure date after 15 transformative years, while a former FedEx executive secures the top job at Lane College in Tennessee.
In higher education, true innovation means rewriting the playbook on capital strategy, ensuring campus environments can bend without breaking as programs, energy needs and operating risks evolve.
Trustees do not need to be CFOs, but they do need to understand the financial drivers that determine whether an institution is stable, vulnerable, or on a slow glide path toward distress.
Boise State and Clemson University have turned to accomplished academic leaders. Michigan State University's president, after indicating board instability a month ago, is staying put.
