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Explore the debate and science of College Administration.

December 11, 2023

Claudine Gay Should Go

Peter Wood and David Randall

The National Association of Scholars calls on the Harvard Corporation to remove Claudine Gay from Harvard College’s presidency, for a myriad of reasons.

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November 7, 2023

The Diversity Debacle

Kali Jerrard

The University of Washington is the latest institution to get caught in the DEI net.

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October 24, 2023

“I Hope I Get It”

Kali Jerrard

Joining the ranks of higher ed faculty isn’t as simple as being the most qualified.

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August 16, 2023

Update: The Gerber Case

Peter Wood

Ohio Northern University's dismissal of Professor Scott Gerber landed it in the spotlight. Let's keep it there until it does the right thing.

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July 19, 2023

On Collegiality

J. Scott Turner

Increasingly, collegiality is being added to the traditional triad of excellence that wins professors tenure. And now, the issue of collegiality is a fraught minefield, and has become one of......

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July 7, 2023

Title IX: Bad-Actor Bureaucrats Must Pay

Teresa R. Manning

An appeals recently court ruled against Texas’s Rice University and in favor of a student athlete in a Title IX case—the federal law banning sex discrimination in schools, but no......

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May 9, 2023

Higher Ed’s Terminal Bloat

Kali Jerrard

Colleges and universities continue to throw resources at administrators, new race and gender programs, and more while ignoring alarming internal and external trends. It’s time for high......

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April 25, 2023

Grad Students Strike Back

Kali Jerrard

Increasing reliance on part-time faculty has given grad students the upper hand in compensation negotiations.

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April 4, 2023

Keeping Their Promises?

Kali Jerrard

How the rise of contingent faculty has contributed to administrative bloat and loss of advertising integrity across higher education.

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February 28, 2023

Relaxed Mediocrity: Florida’s Mission to Reassert Board Control Over Faculty Appointments

Peter Wood

Florida House Bill 999 re-asserts a forgotten piece of shared governance: board authority over faculty appointments.

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