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Connecticut College president resigns under pressure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In his resignation letter , King blasted the president for bullying and creating a “toxic administrative culture of fear and intimidation.” As the controversy continued, faculty members overwhelmingly issued a vote of no confidence in Bergeron’s leadership in early March.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs. He has served at Nichols since 2006, mainly in positions that revolved around fundraising and advancement. Her most recent fundraising campaign has amassed $444 million of its $600 million goal.

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King’s College will not close despite staff layoffs and cancelling fall classes

University Business

“It is with regret we share that our faculty and staff positions will be reduced or eliminated.” When a college announces that it’s eliminating its faculty and staff positions and discontinuing classes in the upcoming academic year, it sounds like a death knell. Its proposed spring fundraiser fell $1.2

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Things have changed—has your Annual Giving strategy?

EAB

I completed a master's in Higher Education Administration and a Juris Doctor with the goal of helping donors put universities in their estate plans. From that moment forward, I wanted to learn everything I could about university advancement. appeared first on EAB.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

From 2017 to 2022, he was vice chair and director of the education committee on the board of Messmer Catholic Schools, a K12 network of Catholic schools serving Milwaukee’s north and west sides. A tenured professor of English, he has served in other administrative roles for the past 20 years. Located in Melbourne, Fla.,

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When outgoing presidents find their hiring powers limited

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When Ruth Simmons assumed the presidency of Prairie View A&M University in 2017, it was considered a major boost to the historically Black university. She has been credited with improving fundraising and student outcomes at Prairie View A&M. Both Simmons and Sharp declined interviews with Inside Higher Ed.)

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

Since 2017, she’s been at the helm of St. “It’s really important to have our faculty and staff and administrations and board of trustees on the same page about a shared vision for the future,” she said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.