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Colorado State U. Skips Search Firm in Hunt for Nontraditional Chancellor

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The Chronicle: Colorado State U. Skips Search Firm in Hunt for Nontraditional Chancellor

Officials at the Colorado State University system want a different kind of chancellor, and they think they can find one without the help of a search firm

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Dartmouth’s Historic Choice

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Inside Higher Ed: Dartmouth’s historic choice

Dartmouth College on Monday named Jim Yong Kim as its next president. Kim is chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University, previously led the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS program, holds degrees in anthropology and medicine, and has won numerous honors, including the MacArthur “genius” fellowship.

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Texas: Austin Community College administrators’ 33 percent raises stir concern

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Austin American-Statesman: ACC administrators’ raises stir concern
Salary increases for all employees could be delayed or eliminated in next budget.

Administrators at Austin Community College have received salary increases of up to 33 percent in the current school year, prompting criticism from some faculty and staff members and questions about a plan to delay or eliminate raises for all employees in the coming year.

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Kentucky: Schroeder may seek to split his case from Felner’s in mail fraud, money-laundering, conspiracy and income-tax evasion trial

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Courier-Journal: Schroeder may seek to split his case from Felner’s

The attorney for Thomas Schroeder, the Illinois man named as co-defendant in the criminal case against former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner, has filed a motion protecting his client’s right to request his case be tried separately from Felner’s.

Felner and Schroeder are accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $2.3 million in grant and contract money from the universities of Louisville and Rhode Island.

Felner, 58, is facing 10 counts of mail fraud, money-laundering, conspiracy and income-tax evasion; a federal grand jury indicted him in October.

Schroeder, 51, of Fort Byron, Ill., also is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the IRS.

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U. of New Mexico Faculty Votes No Confidence in President

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The Chronicle News Blog: U. of New Mexico Faculty Votes No Confidence in President

Faculty members at the University of New Mexico overwhelming voted no confidence today in the university’s president, David J. Schmidly, according to a university news release. The professors also approved similar measures criticizing the leadership of other university officials and called for an audit of university funds.

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California Legislation Would Tie College Executives’ Pay to Tuition

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The Chronicle News Blog: California Legislation Would Tie College Executives’ Pay to Tuition
San Francisco — A California lawmaker is proposing to prohibit raises for executives at the state’s public colleges and universities in years that they raise tuition.

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U Tennessee suspends chancellor search

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AP: Regents suspend search for new chancellor

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Board of Regents has suspended its year-long search for a new chancellor, citing an uncertain economy and potential restructuring of higher education in the state.

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Kent State Stark Campus dean resigns after spray-painting parking sign

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CantonRep.com: Kent State Stark Campus dean resigns after spray-painting parking sign

The dean of the Kent State University Stark Campus, who resigned abruptly last week, did so after being stopped by security while spray-painting a parking sign on neighboring Stark State College of Technology’s campus.

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Nevada Governor Cuts Off Discourse With Chancellor After ‘Personal Attacks’

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The Chronicle News Blog: Nevada Governor Cuts Off Discourse With Chancellor After ‘Personal Attacks’

Tense relations between Nevada’s higher-education chancellor, James E. Rogers, and the state’s Republican governor, James Gibbons, may have reached the breaking point. After the outspoken chancellor sharply criticized Mr. Gibbons in a newspaper commentary published on Sunday, Governor Gibbons announced today that he would no longer deal directly with Mr. Rogers. Instead, he asked the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education to appoint a liaison who could work with his office and the legislature “in a professional and courteous manner.”

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Vice President Who Helped Steal a Student’s Bicycle Resigns After Video Hits YouTube

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The Chronicle: Vice President Who Helped Steal a Student’s Bicycle Resigns After Video Hits YouTube

Just days after someone posted security-camera footage to YouTube that showed an associate vice president at the University of South Florida helping someone steal a bicycle, the administrator, Abdul S. Rao, is resigning.

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U. of Tennessee System’s President Resigns Abruptly

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The Chronicle: U. of Tennessee System’s President Resigns Abruptly

The University of Tennessee system will be forced to handle a serious budget crisis without a permanent president and with a new chancellor at its flagship campus, in Knoxville.

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New York: College administrators’ pay scrutinized

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The Buffalo News: College administrators’ pay scrutinized
Issue arises as tuition jumps, givebacks eyed

The state may be looking to save money with employee givebacks, but it’s not coming from top college administrators — or former administrators.

Five presidents in the State University of New York system — including Fredonia State College President Dennis Hefner — have received pay raises of $8,600 or more after their recent annual reviews.

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New York: Nancy Zimpher Tackles a Big Challenge as SUNY’s New Chancellor

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The Chronicle: Nancy Zimpher Tackles a Big Challenge as SUNY’s New Chancellor

The State University of New York finally has a leader, with the hiring on Tuesday of Nancy L. Zimpher as the system’s chancellor. While no stranger to challenges, Ms. Zimpher, president of the University of Cincinnati, is taking on one of the most difficult and important jobs in higher education.

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Backtracking Brandeis President: ‘I Screwed Up’

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Inside Higher Ed: Backtracking Brandeis President: ‘I Screwed Up’

President Obama has given college presidents a management strategy for controversy: admit it when you screw up.

Jehuda Reinharz, president of Brandeis University, sent out an e-mail message to his campus Thursday that partially pulled back from the university’s plans to sell its art collection and shut down its art museum. “I take full responsibility for causing pain and embarrassment in both of these matters. To quote President Obama, ‘I screwed up,’ ” Reinharz’s e-mail message said.

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Salary Cap for Bailout Recipients Fires Up Critics of College Presidents’ Pay

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The Chronicle News Blog: Salary Cap for Bailout Recipients Fires Up Critics of College Presidents’ Pay

Not that anger over presidential pay ever went out of style, but President Obama’s new pay limit for CEO’s has provided ammunition to critics of college presidents’ salaries.

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SUNY Expected to Pick University of Cincinnati Leader as Chancellor

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The New York Times: SUNY Expected to Pick University of Cincinnati Leader as Chancellor

The trustees of the State University of New York are poised to select Nancy L. Zimpher, the president of the University of Cincinnati, to be the next chancellor of SUNY, the nation’s largest public university system, according to people involved in the process. They said an announcement could come within days.

Nancy L. Zimpher, 62, would fill a leadership void that has stretched for nearly two years.

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New York: $36,000 buys criticism for RPI

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Albany Times-Union: $36,000 buys criticism for RPI

Amid layoffs, fee to Clinton group spurs questions on $1.1M for Kenya

TROY– Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is defending payments to Bill Clinton’s foundation as new details emerge about its plans to invest far more in an African education collaboration linked to one of the foundation’s ventures.

RPI drew criticism from a faculty leader and an alumnus when the institute surfaced on a long-secret list of foundation contributors that Clinton released in December. Rensselaer later said the money reflected not a donation but $36,000 in “membership fees” to join the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

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U. of New Mexico Faculty Will Consider No-Confidence Vote

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The Chronicle News Blog: U. of New Mexico Faculty Will Consider No-Confidence Vote

Professors at the University of New Mexico have obtained enough petition signatures to call a general faculty meeting to consider a vote of no confidence in the university’s president and other leaders, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

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Michigan: 42% raise convinces college pres to stay on board

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Jackson Citizen: JCC chief to stay at college

After being offered a 42 percent increase in compensation plus a bump in health-care benefits, Jackson Community College President Daniel Phelan announced Monday night he will remain in Jackson.

Phelan, 49, told about 30 supporters at a special board meeting that he would stay after the board approved a $70,000 pay hike to $236,600 annually. The decisions came two days before he was to be interviewed for the presidency of Grand Rapids Community College.

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