Inside Higher Ed: Calm at Gallaudet
After months of protest over the selection of Jane K. Fernandes as president, students and faculty at Gallaudet University are getting back to the business of higher education — with things somewhat resolved since the board on Sunday terminated her contract Sunday night. A mess of tents, banners and tables still decorated the lawn at the campus’s entrance Monday, but at 5:00 p.m. protesters opened the main gate to outside traffic. They expect to have any mess cleaned up by this morning.
The Chronicle: Search Experts Urge Gallaudet U. to Move Cautiously in Replacing Ousted President-Designate
People with experience in presidential searches for higher-education institutions said on Monday that after the traumatic events of the last few weeks at Gallaudet University, culminating in the revocation of the appointment of the person picked as its next president, the university should take a breather.
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