Self-examination is essential. But the premise of a single, unified higher education system in need of homogeneous reform is fundamentally flawed because no such monolith exists.
After more than 240 conversations with sitting college presidents, this higher ed podcast star has identified the leadership traits that separate institutions embracing change from those struggling to keep pace.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon asked all university presidents and governing boards to address a series of questions and "describe to the American public your commitments to rigorous teaching, pathbreaking research and national service."
Administrators can no longer rely on standard scientific benchmarks to receive critical higher education research funding. Here is what will change on the university grant writer's desk.
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.
If higher education leaders want to strengthen peer relationships, retention and persistence, we need to actively lower the social risks of student engagement.