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NEWS BRIEFS: Yet Another Intrusion On Florida Public Higher Education

Barbara Petersen, FL Center for Govt Accountability: “Looks like overkill...overbroad public-records/meeting exemptions."

by Future U/ August 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Lansing-area Judge Inserts Herself in MSU Presidential Search

"Rosemarie Aquilina is interested in the interim president position ... and the permanent post."

by Future U/ October 24, 2022/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Direct Appointment of System Chancellor Without National Search Appears to be SUNY’s Fate

“The likely appointment (of the governor’s political ally and adviser) has angered faculty members. They see the move as a …

by Future U/ August 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: U. Wisconsin Regents Stand Firm–No Faculty, Students, or Staff in Presidential Search

Faculty, staff, and students comprise 96% of the system’s 40,000-member workforce but they won’t be represented on the presidential search …

by Future U/ December 6, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: U. South Carolina Faculty Senate Votes ‘No Confidence’ in University Trustees

The vote was prompted by faculty concerns about how USC’s presidential search was conducted. Read more here from The State …

by Future U/ October 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Secret Searches: “Phenomenon of the Last 5-10 years, Influenced by Search Firms”

Judith Wilde. presidential search scholar, George Mason University: “We see no reason to believe that this leads to better presidents. …

by Future U/ August 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: U.S. Selects Presidential Candidates After Debates, Primaries, & Conventions. University Presidents are Often Selected in Private.

Why? The University of Kentucky’s John Thelin concludes it’s because universities prefer to be run like a business, embrace the …

by Future U/ August 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Healthiest Presidential Searches Are Open’ (commentary)

“Presidential searches constitute a moment in the life of an institution in which confidence is at a premium… And true …

by Future U/ July 8, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWSBRIEFS: Students and Faculty Protest Men-Only Slate of Presidential Finalists

“Twenty-eight student organizations and forty-six faculty members faculty signed an open letter that was read aloud during a Univ. of …

by Future U/ April 20, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Confidence in MSU Presidential Search Demands Open Dialogue,” MSU Faculty Senators

Andaluna Borcila, Stephen Gasteyer, Juliet Guzzetta, Sandra Logan, Joyce Meier, and Filomena Nunes are members of the Mich St. U …

by Future U/ April 10, 2019/ Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: A President’s Academic Specialty, Implications for Higher Ed Leadership

Read this provocative piece from The Chronicle about presidential leadership. Academic background: what difference does it make?

by Future U/ April 12, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: A Private Presidential Search at a Public University

Read about the intolerable situation at Eastern Michigan University.

by Future U/ November 9, 2015/ Public Higher Ed/