Mary Ruiz, a New College of Florida alum who served on the school’s board of trustees since Oct. 2019, has resigned from her position. Ruiz was appointed to the New College board of trustees by the Florida State University System Board of Governors and predated the six trustees appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January. […]
Almost two years after Mark Bieger, the former vice president for strategy, came to LSU, and over 18 months since the formal planning process began, the institution’s strategic plan remains unfinished. A nearly two-year-long planning period is unusual, especially when LSU had a dedicated strategy chief. Nicholls State University, a small school in the University […]
If the Florida Board of Governors approves it, Florida would become the first public university system in the country to accept the test. The Classic Learning Test, or CLT, was created in 2015 as an alternative college entrance exam rooted in a teaching model that emphasizes the humanities, morality and classical literature. The test has […]
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will meet Sunday to authorize the university to negotiate a potential settlement with Kathleen McElroy, a Black University of Texas at Austin journalism professor, who turned down a position at A&M after the university changed her job offer under pressure from conservative groups. The Board of Regents […]
The average tenure among the six presidents to step down or retire in this list is three and a half years, a starkly shorter timeline than the 5.9-year average ACE reported in its annual president survey.
"The higher education system is broken," said Colorado College President Song Richardson at the Department of Education's summit discussing the end of affirmative action.
The result of a Title IV compliance review could include fines, submitting technically perfect requests to the department for reimbursement and even losing eligibility for financial aid.
In the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers' (AACRAO) new survey on how institutions are mediating PCE units' coexistence with the academic registrar, they found that one-siloed PCE units that are now converging with the academic registrar are causing internal tension and confusion.
Revamping how leaders approach faculty affairs is essential for an institution's vitality in the face of political hostility, decline in spending power and poor public perception.
