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Penn's provost to lead Hopkins

November 11, 2008

Johns Hopkins University is expected to announce today that it has selected as its new president Ronald J. Daniels, provost of the University of Pennsylvania.  Daniels is an unorthodox choice to lead the Hopkins medical institution and university.  He has spent the bulk of his professional career in Canada as a professor and dean of law.  Unlike William R. Brody, departing president, Daniels does not have a medical background.  But he is a prodigious fundraiser, consensus-builder and creative thinker, according to friends and colleagues.

Down 36 Students, Beloit Will Lose 40 Jobs

November 10, 2008

As the economy has declined rapidly this fall, experts on liberal arts colleges have warned many times that it doesn't take more than a few dozen students not showing up to upset an institution's economic assumptions.  On Friday, Beloit College provided a perfect example when it announced that it will eliminate 40 positions (with faculty jobs included in the mix) - about 10 percent of the college's total employees. The reason is that this year's total student enrollment is smaller, by 36 students, than the college had planned.

The teacher/composer/conductor/musicologist/university president of Bard

November 9, 2008

Leon Botstein is one of our few remaining public intellectuals.  He is an outspoken advocate for education.  He believes that college should begin after 10th grade, and has created the largest prison education program of any college in the country.  But Botstein is also a musicologist, teacher, author and founder of the Bard Music Festival, which is devoted to exploring in depth a different composer each summer.  He is a brilliant public speaker, inveterate panelist and first-rate fundraiser.  And he is a conductor.

Austin College trustees name Marjorie Hass as school's next president

November 8, 2008

Dr. Hass, provost of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., will begin her new duties next July. She replaces Oscar Page, who is retiring after 15 years.  Dr. Hass, a philosophy professor, will be Austin College's 15th president and the first woman to lead the 159-year-old institution.  "It will be a transition and a change, but certainly seems to be one that the college is ready for," said Dr. Hass. "I expect I'll be able to serve the college well."

‘Many, many great days ahead’ with new Rockford College president

November 7, 2008

Robert L. Head was inducted as Rockford College's 17th president today. He joined Rockford College full time in July.  Head briefly discussed a strategic plan for Rockford College, noting that the singular goal of a four-year institution is to set the standard of excellence in student development and civic engagement.

College of Notre Dame to start School of Education

November 6, 2008

The College of Notre Dame hopes to offset a teacher shortage in Maryland with its new School of Education, President Mary Pat Seurkamp said.  The school will be an expansion of the college's education department, and will be launched at the start of the fall 2009 academic year.  The education department has expanded significantly in the past 10 years to include graduate and doctoral programs, in addition to baccalaureate programs, Seurkamp said.  Expanding the department to become its own school was "the next logical step."

Even at Costliest College, Unease Over Downturn

October 31, 2008

In the hypercompetitive world of higher education, a top ranking in national surveys is zealously sought. But during this moment of deep economic anxiety, Sarah Lawrence College finds itself No. 1 in an inopportune category: the nation's most expensive school.

Benevolent Budgeting

October 30, 2008

Instead of awarding across-the-board raises based on a percentage of each employee's pay, as history dictates, Shenandoah University officials have opted to add $1,000 to every employee's base pay. That means some of the university's prized faculty and highest-paid administrators will see relatively small salary increases next month, while assistants and other lower-paid staff will get more help than usual during a period of national economic turmoil.

Buddhist temple becomes 'Place of Peace' in S.C.

October 29, 2008

A former Buddahist temple on the Furman University campus — donated by a Japanese family with roots in Greenville's textile past and connections to a university professor — symbolizes an evolution for the private liberal arts school.  Founded in 1826 by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Furman is recasting itself as a regional center for Far Eastern studies.

Alverno gets out vote, students get out of class

October 28, 2008

While students at most colleges and universities in Wisconsin will have to find time between classes to cast ballots Nov. 4, those at the 2,700-student Alverno College in Milwaukee get the day off to vote and get involved in the political process.
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