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Presidential Evaluations: How University Boards Strengthen Oversight: Structured evaluations strengthen governance, accountability, and institutional success

The Change Leader, Inc.

This gap in evaluation practices not only weakens institutional governance but also raises concerns about board independence and effectiveness. This article explores the significance of presidential evaluations, best practices for implementing them, and how they contribute to stronger institutional governance.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. ” Outside observers have criticized IWU for placing blame on the governor’s office.

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Lesley Faculty Vote No Confidence in President—Again

Confessions of a Community College Dean

private university’s 167 faculty members with full-time or prorated faculty contracts. “We had to get us operating within our means,” Ferris said. “So that very much felt like code for pending layoffs.” ” Ferris said the assembly includes the Cambridge, Mass., Lesley doesn’t offer tenure.

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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

“Both public and private institutions are slow to adjust to this stark reality for several reasons, including, government subsidies that prolong reckoning with failing business models, resistance to mergers and acquisitions, and sheer wishful thinking that things will somehow magically improve.