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Leadership & Governance

Our news, opinion, and advice stories on leadership and governance for higher education leaders answer questions, like:

  • How is the college presidency changing?
  • Why are college leaders under fire?
  • Who are the people, and forces, shaping college leadership?
Leadership & governance
By Jasper Smith May 19, 2025
The HBCU’s alumni, faculty, and students say the search process was politically compromised by the Republican governor’s administration.
Campus Activism
By Maya Stahl May 19, 2025
As the academic year got underway, colleges tightened their rules. Now the Trump administration is threatening institutions that don’t crack down.
Newly Updated
By Erin Gretzinger, Maggie Hicks, Christa Dutton, and others May 16, 2025
We’ve documented actions taken on hundreds of college campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.
Equal Opportunity
By Francie Diep May 15, 2025
After months of headlines about elite colleges, the Trump administration is announcing investigations of less-prominent ones, sometimes seemingly in reaction to viral news.
'He Is a Chameleon'
By David Jesse May 15, 2025
Santa J. Ono, now the sole finalist for the University of Florida presidency, could be hard to find in Ann Arbor, several sources said. The university called the idea that its former president was disengaged “false and absurd.”
Leadership
By Alissa Gary May 14, 2025
Santa J. Ono says he changed his mind about the benefits of diversity programs at the University of Michigan. Now he hopes to go to Florida.
Campus Crossroads
By Maddie Khaw May 12, 2025
The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.
Finance
By Sarah Brown May 10, 2025
The proposal that emerged in news reports on Friday would create a tiered system, and only private colleges with endowments valued at more than $750,000 per student would pay a higher rate.
'A Different Playbook'
By Christa Dutton May 8, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the past several days have led to more than 100 arrests, as well as suspensions for violating colleges’ policies and protest restrictions.
Leadership
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows May 7, 2025
Wednesday’s congressional hearing marked yet another expansion of efforts to put higher ed under pressure.