Without warning or explanation, University of Louisville President Kim Schatzel has resigned after having pledged a long-term commitment to the Kentucky research institution.
From spearheading admissions protocols at Lafayette to producing documentaries, Nicole Hurd is working across sectors to win back the higher education narrative.
A wave of executive orders during the first month of President Donald Trump's administration has shaken St. Catherine University. But the school's president is turning confusion and anger into a beacon of reassurance.
Despite a welcome string of new hires, the specifics behind why the leaders of Oklahoma State University, Colorado State University Pueblo and Crowder College remain unclear.
"It's easy to get really paralyzed, but the headlines right now don't mean anything has happened," says William Guerrero, chief financial officer at the University of Bridgeport.
Also: One state university system found its next leader in a retired Air Force commander, and this HBCU's president will not be returning from a leave of absence.
Temple University has unanimously selected a veteran president following three years of leadership instability. Also: another president caught in the crossfire of recent campus protests steps down.
University of Miami President Julio Frenk is switching coasts in January to take on the top job at UCLA, becoming its first Latino president. University of Washington's longtime president is sticking to her planned resignation date.
Northwestern President Michael Schill deferred, denied and even outright refused to answer questions, making the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce's third hearing on campus antisemitism the most confrontational yet.
As presidents ratchet up their measures to snuff campus protests, utilizing law enforcement and threats of suspension and arrest, faculty are increasingly becoming more disdainful toward their institutional leadership.
