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Bruce Speck is no longer president of Missouri Southern State University, the institution’s Board of Governors announced in a terse statement on the university’s Web site. The board’s chairwoman, Sherry Buchanan, says in the statement … Continue reading →
Hamid A. Shirvani lasted less than a year as chancellor of North Dakota’s university system before the State Board of Higher Education this month bought out his contract. But on his way out the door, … Continue reading →
John E. Sexton, the university’s controversial president, is among a handful of executives, deans, and faculty members who have received loans to help purchase expensive properties in the Hamptons, Fire Island, or Connecticut, The New … Continue reading →
The decision by the president, R. Owen Williams, came less than a month after the faculty overwhelmingly approved a resolution of no confidence in his leadership. Mr. Williams had, however, retained the support of the … Continue reading →
Ian Newbould, who served most recently as interim provost at the University of Mary Washington, will take over the presidency from Joseph R. Urgo. Earlier this month Mr. Urgo, who had faced intense scrutiny over … Continue reading →
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has approved a plan to extend health insurance and other benefits to the same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partners of university employees. The shift in policy brings the flagship … Continue reading →
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has vetoed a bill that sought to rein in some powers of the governing boards of the state’s public universities, The Texas Tribune reported. The bill was crafted in response … Continue reading →
The University of Nevada at Reno has paid a $7,446 fine to the U.S. Department of Agriculture following an investigation of what the university called an “unfortunate, isolated incident” on one of its farms that … Continue reading →
The university told The Washington Post that 53 employees were laid off as of last Friday, the same day The Chronicle published a letter in which a trustee said financial woes and poor leadership had … Continue reading →
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