Faculty members at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are speaking up about the ongoing search to replace outgoing president Laurie Leshin, emphasizing the need for a new leader committed to shared governance and someone who can heal the community after a series of recent student suicides.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 23, 2022)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), today announced a new grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop resources for governing board oversight of equitable student success.
When Joseph I. Castro, chancellor of the California State University system, resigned Thursday amid criticism over his past handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a subordinate, he became the fourth prominent higher education leader to depart his institution in recent months.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2022)—The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), announced today that Eric P. Blackhurst has been elected chair of the AGB Search Board of Directors.
Contra Costa Community College District’s chancellor is on paid administrative leave for the second time in less than a year. Faculty and staff are confused about the dispute between the chancellor and board members.
Former two-term governor Sonny Perdue is all but certain to become the next leader of Georgia’s 26-institution public system. Students fear that if Perdue’s tenure looks anything like his time as governor, funding cuts will follow.
A Georgia professor quit when the state university system refused to require her students to wear masks.
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