Inside one college's move to a 4-day workweek

Staff and administrators at D'Youville College, in New York, will work 32 hours a week for the same compensation they had at five days per week. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 7, 2022

3 in 4 professors are White. Here's how colleges are trying to diversify faculty.

Institutions spend millions on efforts like cluster hiring in an attempt to respond to protests and employ faculty who look more like the students on campus.

By Liz Farmer • Dec. 21, 2021

SUNY chancellor resigns after caustic comments against Cuomo accuser

Jim Malatras had the support of the system's governing board but faced widespread calls to step down.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 9, 2021

Uncertainty lurks as college leaders eye end of federal relief funding

Non-elite colleges were resilient in the face of pandemic-driven changes, administrators tell a liberal think tank. But stability remains elusive.

By Rick Seltzer • Dec. 8, 2021

College health association stresses vaccines in coronavirus guidance for spring 2022

The American College Health Association emphasized the need for institutions to be flexible, especially as public health guidance evolves.

By Natalie Schwartz • Dec. 7, 2021

Inside one group's efforts to depoliticize UNC-Chapel Hill's governance

A coalition of faculty, alumni and others want to combat partisan influence they link to scandals over the last decade.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 7, 2021

How Bennett College's new board chair sees its microcollege model developing

Kwanza Jones takes over as board chair at the North Carolina HBCU as it tries to move forward from financial and accreditation struggles.

By Rick Seltzer • Dec. 2, 2021

How hiring college presidents has changed, and how to make it better

Today's colleges frequently use search firms to hire leaders. This three-part series asks what that means and what can be safely outsourced.

Nov. 23, 2021

How to improve hiring of college presidents

Don't outsource control of a search, two higher ed leadership researchers say. Finding a president is too important and expensive of an undertaking.

By Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein • Nov. 17, 2021

The people hiring college presidents don't have experience as college presidents

A review of nearly two dozen people leading college executive searches found few had experience in the big chair on campus.

By Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein • Nov. 16, 2021

A fundamental change in hiring college presidents is unfolding

Presidents are growing more diverse and staying for shorter stints, 40 years of hiring show. But using search firms in hiring may be the real change.

By Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein • Nov. 15, 2021

Alabama governor's chief of staff to take the reins at U of South Alabama

The appointment fits a recent trend of policymakers moving into college leadership positions amid questions about their academic qualifications.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 11, 2021

Georgia system chancellor defends tenure changes to AAUP

The University System of Georgia's acting leader said "due process is and will remain a core tenet" of policies governing post-tenure review processes.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Nov. 3, 2021

Pennsylvania system presses for more state funding amid merger progress

PASSHE is seeking a 15% boost in appropriations to $550 million, a cash infusion leaders say will help make it more affordable.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 15, 2021

Faculty participation in presidential searches has fallen, AAUP finds

The faculty group also reports that about half of colleges don't disclose finalists for the chief executive.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 13, 2021

What does a college changemaker do, now that he's gotten what he wanted?

Dan Greenstein spent nearly three years building toward a merger vote in the Pennsylvania system. Can his administration move from planning to doing?

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 8, 2021

Can colleges compete with companies like Coursera?

Arthur Levine discusses how trends like personalized education are unfolding, what's driving them, and what can go right or wrong for colleges.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 28, 2021

Hurricane Ida continues to scramble campus plans and force schools online

New Orleans colleges bused students to evacuation points, and campuses in the Northeast closed amid damage, flooding and power outages.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 2, 2021

Empty campus communications can't replace real diversity, equity and inclusion work

Two higher ed communication consultants say actions speak louder than words when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion.

By Teresa Valerio Parrot and Erin Hennessy • Aug. 31, 2021

Bowdoin raises minimum wage to $17 per hour to attract workers

The college had been planning to raise wages next year. But it hopes making the change earlier will help combat labor shortages on campus.

By Natalie Schwartz • Aug. 26, 2021

Should breakthrough infections change colleges' fall plans?

Duke University, which is requiring the vaccine, reported dozens of such cases last week but experts say some should be expected.

By Natalie Schwartz • Aug. 17, 2021

University of Texas at San Antonio to start fall with virtual classes amid delta surge

The university cited models showing the current spike of coronavirus infections fading in September.

By Natalie Schwartz • Aug. 12, 2021

How colleges are responding to the CDC's new mask guidelines

While some schools are adding mask mandates, others are ignoring the guidance or have their hands tied by state policies.

By Natalie Schwartz • July 29, 2021

How Ithaca College's president stressed diversity and inclusion 'from the core'

Shirley Collado looks back on her time leading the liberal arts college as she prepares to take over at completion program College Track.

By Rick Seltzer • July 15, 2021

2 Boston colleges mandate weekly coronavirus testing — even for vaccinated students

Northeastern and Boston universities are keeping stringent safety measures in place for the fall term as other colleges relax their policies.

By Natalie Schwartz • July 15, 2021