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U. of Illinois Chancellor Apologizes to Faculty

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The Chronicle: U. of Illinois Chancellor Apologizes to Faculty

Richard Herman, the embattled chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, delivered a remorseful apology to the university’s Faculty Senate today over his role in the “clout” scandal, according to The News-Gazette, a local newspaper. Faculty members, who reportedly applauded after Mr. Herman’s speech, postponed their scheduled vote on a resolution calling for his resignation and that of B. Joseph White, the university system’s president.

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Faculty Members at 2-Year College in Md. Vote No Confidence in President

Posted on August 28, 2009 by | Comments Off on Faculty Members at 2-Year College in Md. Vote No Confidence in President

The Chronicle: Faculty Members at 2-Year College in Md. Vote No Confidence in President

Professors at Montgomery College voted no confidence late Thursday in Brian K. Johnson, president of the prominent Maryland community college since 2007. About half the college’s full-time faculty members overwhelmingly passed a resolution criticizing Mr. Johnson’s leadership and alleging that he has consistently skipped important meetings and events.

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U. of I. admissions scandal: Faculty panel wants leadership change at school

Posted on August 28, 2009 by | Comments Off on U. of I. admissions scandal: Faculty panel wants leadership change at school

Chicago Tribune: U. of I. admissions scandal: Faculty panel wants leadership change at school
Replacing Herman and White best for school, panel says

University of Illinois faculty leaders urged Thursday that the institution’s president and chancellor be replaced to restore public confidence following a monthslong admissions scandal.

“An orderly transition to new leadership for both of these positions is in the best interests of this campus, and the university,” according to a statement approved by the 15-member Senate Executive Committee.

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Hartnell board cuts president’s salary

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The Californian: Hartnell board cuts president’s salary

Hartnell College President Phoebe Helm and other administrators took a cut in pay Tuesday following a closed session vote by the board of trustees. The board approved a 10 percent salary reduction for Helm and 5 percent cut for administrators and other nonunion staff.

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Anatomy of a Flawed Hire

Posted on August 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on Anatomy of a Flawed Hire

Inside Higher Ed: Anatomy of a Flawed Hire

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators was in a vulnerable state as it hired a new president late in 2007.

The group had been through the grinder of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s inquiry into student loan malfeasance, partly because of NASFAA leaders’ own missteps and partly because of the politician’s opportunism. Questions about the association’s own practices had led it to agree to a settlement in which it adopted a new code of conduct, a decision that divided the association’s members.

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Wheeling Jesuit U fires president

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Wheeling Register-News: WJU President Fired

Following closed door meetings this week, the Wheeling Jesuit University Board of Trustees has fired university president the Rev. Julio Giulietti, who has been at the helm since 2007.

According to reliable sources, the WJU Board of Directors had failed to reach a two-thirds majority vote to oust Giulietti, the university’s eighth president in its 55-year history. According to sources, the Board of Directors has 17-18 members. Sources added that the two-thirds majority was nearly achieved.

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Illinois: Ex-dean calls herself ‘victim’ of admissions scandal

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Chicago Tribune: Ex-dean calls herself ‘victim’ of admissions scandal

After testimony on University of Illinois abuses, Heidi Hurd left message praising chancellor she had criticized

A former University of Illinois law school dean has made a final effort to distance herself from an admissions scandal, writing a lengthy letter to the state panel charged with investigating the practices.

Heidi Hurd — who testified before the Illinois Admission Review Commission nearly a month ago — sent a 15-page letter late last week in which she describes herself as a “victim” of the school’s clout lists, not a “perpetrator,” and details her efforts to push back against them.

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Sonoma State U foundation’s strategy in question

Posted on July 29, 2009 by | Comments Off on Sonoma State U foundation’s strategy in question

Press-Democrat: SSU foundation’s private land loans

Acting with little oversight, SSU nonprofit invested tens of millions of donors’ dollars in private loans for more than a decade; now critics are asking why

When Ruben Armiñana arrived as president at Sonoma State University in 1992, the SSU Academic Foundation was a tiny organization that helped professors apply for federal grants.

A year later, Armiñana ordered the foundation be transformed into a fund-raising machine, ending its role managing academic grants and turning it into a vehicle that would ultimately be used to pursue his vision of building a $110 million music center on campus.

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University of Illinois trustee resigns over admissions scandal

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Chicago Tribune: University of Illinois trustee resigns over admissions scandal
Trustee Lawrence Eppley urges other board members to quit

A University of Illinois trustee’s resignation Tuesday made him the first casualty of the school’s high-profile admissions scandal, though fellow board members and those investigating abuses suggested that others are likely to fall.

Trustee Lawrence Eppley quit in a two-page letter to Gov. Pat Quinn that implored his fellow board members to step down along with him. He also urged administrators at the Urbana-Champaign campus to take responsibility for their actions in order to help the university regain the state’s trust.

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Cal State Faculty Approves Furlough but Votes No Confidence in Chancellor

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The Chronicle News Blog: Cal State Faculty Approves Furlough but Votes No Confidence in Chancellor

The main faculty union at California State University today narrowly approved an unpaid furlough of two days per month, avoiding a new round of layoffs of thousands of part-time faculty members and cementing the system’s plan to close a $584-million budget deficit.

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Zimpher’s early take on SUNY

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Inside Higher Ed: An Early Take on SUNY

Nancy L. Zimpher, who became chancellor of the State University of New York on June 1, pledged to visit each of the 64 campuses within her first 100 days in office. She’s approaching the halfway mark of campuses — and took a brief detour to Washington this week to attend a meeting of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, a group she chairs.

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Amid barrage of harsh e-mails, ex-med school dean Kone resigns, gets settlement

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Gainesville Sun: Amid barrage of harsh e-mails, ex-med school dean Kone resigns, gets settlement

Former University of Florida College of Medicine dean Dr. Bruce Kone has resigned from UF and will receive $517,000 over three years as part of a settlement reached with the university just months after it accused him of sending anonymous e-mails defaming university officials.

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India: Education official, middleman arrested

Posted on July 17, 2009 by | Comments Off on India: Education official, middleman arrested

Hindustan Times: Education official, middleman arrested

In the first move to clean up higher education, a senior official of India’s technical-education regulator was arrested on Thursday in New Delhi and several others charged with accepting bribes from private-college managements, after raids in Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bhopal.

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Measuring the Dreaded ‘P’ Word

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Inside Higher Ed; Measuring the Dreaded ‘P’ Word

Continuing its efforts to identify and encourage new ways to measure higher education performance, the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability issued a new report Thursday designed to gauge how successfully public colleges in various states use their available resources to produce graduates with credentials that are valued in their markets. The report, “The Dreaded ‘P’ Word: An Examination of Productivity in Public Postsecondary Education,” also ranks states using the measure.

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New Study Takes a Crack at Measuring Higher Education’s Productivity

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The Chronicle News Blog: New Study Takes a Crack at Measuring Higher Education’s Productivity

Measuring value and productivity in higher education can be a complex and controversial topic: Lawmakers, taxpayers, and people paying tuition want to get the most for their money, while college administrators and faculty members argue that the quality of their educational product is directly tied to the amount of public support they receive.

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UNLV prez demoted

Posted on July 13, 2009 by | Comments Off on UNLV prez demoted

Las Vegas Sun: For his lobbying, Ashley demoted
Regents: He was out of line to press budget issues

David Ashley knew going into Friday’s face-off with regents that he would have to defend his communication skills, his level of involvement in the community and possibly even how he handled his headstrong wife.

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Greensboro College pres quits under fire

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Greensboro News-Record: Williams retires as president of Greensboro College

Craven Williams, who helped revive an ailing Greensboro College when he became president in 1993 but in recent years watched the Methodist-affiliated school sink into mounting debt, abruptly retired Tuesday.

Less than two weeks after Williams, 69, dismissed suggestions that he step down, the college announced his retirement in a campus news release. It is effective immediately, according to a college spokeswoman.

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College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze

Posted on July 8, 2009 by | Comments Off on College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze

Inforum.com: College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze

Presidents of Minnesota state colleges and universities can earn $3,000 to $15,000 in performance bonuses next school year even though faculty and staff pay is frozen for two years.

Presidents of Minnesota state colleges and universities can earn $3,000 to $15,000 in performance bonuses next school year even though faculty and staff pay is frozen for two years.

Presidents, including those at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Minnesota State Community and Technical College with one of four campuses in Moorhead, had the ability to earn $2,000 in performance pay for the fiscal year that just ended.

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College president picks fight with union, critics

Posted on July 8, 2009 by | Comments Off on College president picks fight with union, critics

Inside Higher Ed: So Sue Me

Contracts be damned. Kenneth A. Yowell, president of Edison Community College, in Ohio, believes he need not follow a union contract in deciding whose jobs to eliminate. Now, amid protest from faculty who already disapprove of his leadership, he is picking a fight with the local union to try to prove that he is well within his rights.

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New Allegations in Admissions Controversy at U. of Illinois Suggest Ex-Provost Played a Role

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Chicago Tribune: Giannoulias aide put kid on clout list for priest
Greek Orthodox leader who vouched for girl helped treasurer raise campaign cash

When a politically connected Greek Orthodox priest wanted help getting the daughter of a family friend into the University of Illinois, he reached out to a campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

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