College of Arizona picks new president

Suresh Garimella, present president of the College of Vermont, would be the College of Arizona’s new president. He was the one finalist to emerge from a months-long search course of to interchange UA President Robert Robbins, who introduced his resignation earlier this yr amid the college’s ongoing monetary disaster. The Arizona Board of Regents Friday…

New AAUP president calls JD Vance a fascist

The brand new president of the American Affiliation of College Professors referred to as Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance a “fascist” in a written assertion Thursday. The AAUP elected Todd Wolfson, an affiliate professor of journalism and media research at Rutgers College at New Brunswick, as its president in June. His new assertion—titled “Professors…

Felony prices for glitter bombing Harvard president

Animal rights activist Brittany Drake, who dumped glitter on Harvard College president Alan Garber at an alumni day occasion in Might to protest Harvard analysis practices, appeared final week in courtroom, the place she faces three felony prices for the incident, The Boston Globe reported. Drake, who pleaded not responsible throughout her preliminary arraignment in…

Purdue president criticizes new Indiana commencement requirements

Proposed modifications to Indiana’s highschool commencement necessities received’t meet Purdue College’s requirements for admission, President Mung Chiang wrote in a letter to state schooling officers final week.  Indiana’s State Board of Training green-lighted an overhaul to highschool commencement necessities in March, eliminating conventional diplomas and emphasizing vocational coaching and adaptability over conventional tutorial benchmarks; the…

A president displays on errors in his first management function (opinion)

The metrics all seemed good. In response to my evaluation of the information, pupil and worker satisfaction indicators, in addition to others, have been headed in the proper course. Revenues have been up. Over all, it was not tough to craft a story that the school had loved three years of success throughout my presidency….

Cal Poly Humboldt president to step down

The president of California State Polytechnic College, Humboldt, Tom Jackson Jr., has introduced he’ll step down from his place in August and turn into a tenured college member. The college acquired nationwide consideration in April as pro-Palestinian pupil protesters occupied a campus constructing for a number of days, leading to a full shutdown of the campus,…

Florida A&M president resigns following botched donation

Larry Robinson, who served as president of Florida A&M College for seven years, resigned Friday. “With super gratitude for the privilege of main our beloved Florida A&M College as Interim President in 2016 and President starting in 2017, and with a lot optimism for its future, I’m writing to tell you of my resolution to…

Columbia’s president denounced her in Congress. Firing subsequent?

In January, pro-Palestinian protesters on Columbia College’s campus mentioned they’d been sprayed with a dangerous chemical. College students had been hospitalized. No arrests had been reported. Katherine Franke, Columbia’s James L. Dohr Professor of Legislation, advised Inside Larger Ed that the left-leaning radio and tv newscast Democracy Now! reached out to her in regards to…

Ed Division faucets Faculty Board President to supervise FAFSA

The Training Division has tapped Faculty Board president Jeremy Singer to serve in a brand new function overseeing the rollout of subsequent 12 months’s Free Software for Federal Pupil Help. The information, offered first to Inside Greater Ed, comes as greater schooling teams have grown more and more involved that the company gained’t launch a…

College of La Verne president out after 10 months

College of La Verne president Pardis Mahdavi stepped down final week after lower than a yr on the job, citing “private causes” in an emailed announcement, the Los Angeles Instances reported. Mahdavi was president of the personal California college for less than 10 months.  Her predecessor, Devorah Lieberman, was president for 12 years earlier than…

An interview with departing Hamilton president David Wippman

After eight years as president of Hamilton Faculty—and greater than 30 years in greater training—David Wippman is retiring on the finish of the month. He advised Inside Larger Ed through Zoom that he’s proudest of the best way he led his campus via the COVID-19 pandemic, and now appears to be like ahead to spending…