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In 2009, Donald Weatherman, who wrote a weekly column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette when he was a political science professor at Lyon College, returned to Batesville as the schools president. A year later, Weatherman was among the college presidents who hired me to head Arkansas Independent Colleges & Universities, the association of the states 11 private four-year institutions of higher education.

It remains unclear just how many professors are leaving their jobs during the Great Resignation, but stories about who is leaving, and why, abound. Will institutions be forced to respond with real change?

Highlights from the New York Times, CNN, the Associated Press and others.

At the Stanford Black Alumni Summit, a group of college and university presidents discussed challenges and opportunities they have navigated at their institutions over the past two years.

Western Connecticut State University’s reserves went from $24 million in fiscal year 2012 to being “all but wiped out” in 2021. Now the president is out, following a no-confidence vote and a scathing report about financial mismanagement.

Faculty members accuse Purdue president Mitch Daniels and the Board of Trustees of eroding shared governance by orchestrating a leadership transition without transparency or public input.

A bill could encourage top-endowment universities to divest from Chinese entities contributing to human rights abuses or posing a national security risk.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the state’s public health, law, and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service.

Former students of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee settled a lawsuit against the university over the disbandment of the student government.

Between 1980 and 2020, the average price of tuition, fees, room and board for an undergraduate degree increased 169%