Starting July 1, Katherine A. Rowe will begin her tenure as the 28th president of William & Mary in Virginia. Rowe currently serves as provost and dean of faculty of Smith College in Massachusetts, where she broke the national fundraising record for a women's college and launched the first statistical major at one. Leading a […]

In July, Mickey McDonald becomes president of the Great Lakes College Association, a consortium of 13 liberal arts schools in Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania. McDonald will leave Michigan's Kalamazoo College, where he served as provost for 10 years and co-chairs its current strategic planning initiative. McDonald hired approximately one-third of Kalamazoo's current faculty and gave […]

The trial and conviction of former Michigan State University team physician Larry Nassar—and the subsequent resignation of long-time president Lou Anna Simon, among others—brought a tremendous amount of negative publicity to the school. Such a high-profile scandal—particularly one centered on sexual abuse, negligence and student welfare—affects an institution at every level, including enrollment and admissions. […]

Tulane University, like many institutions, faced two key challenges last year: controlling health care costs and retaining top talent. At the time, Stephanie A. Robinson served as the school's assistant vice president of total rewards. She recalls how the school's employee benefits, especially in the area of wellness, fell short of those offered by its […]