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The Chronicle of Higher Education

For This Small College, a Merger Was a Lifeline. Now It’s the Focus of Suspicion.

For This Small College, a Merger Was a Lifeline. Now It’s the Focus...

March 18, 2024

On a September afternoon in 2008, Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer and Patrick T. Ferry found themselves sitting next to each other in an Oregon airport. The two college presidents had been together for a meeting of the Concordia University system, which is composed of six campuses operated by the Missouri Synod, a Lutheran denomination. Ahlersmeyer was awaiting his flight home to Concordia’s Ann Arbor branch, and Ferry to its Wisconsin arm, in Mequon. Ahlersmeyer was returning to a campus on shaky financial ground, while Ferry’s had solid footing. Nearly five years later, the conversation bore fruit. The two colleges agreed on an acquisition of Ann Arbor’s campus by the Wisconsin branch, which the two sides called a merger.
On a September afternoon in 2008, Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer and Patrick T. Ferry found themselves sitting next to each other in an Oregon airport. The two college presidents had been together for a meeting of the Concordia University system, which is composed of six campuses operated by the Missouri Synod, a Lutheran denomination. Ahlersmeyer was awaiting his flight home to Concordia’s Ann Arbor branch, and Ferry to its Wisconsin arm, in Mequon. Ahlersmeyer was returning to a campus on shaky financial ground, while Ferry’s had solid footing. Nearly five years later, the conversation bore fruit. The two colleges agreed on an acquisition of Ann Arbor’s campus by the Wisconsin branch, which the two sides called a merger.

March 18, 2024

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Inside Higher Ed

UPenn Professors Sue to Stop House From Getting Antisemitism Documents

UPenn Professors Sue to Stop House From Getting Antisemitism Documents

March 13, 2024

Two University of Pennsylvania professors and the Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine group are suing the private institution, asking a judge to stop it from giving the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce documents for its antisemitism investigation.
Two University of Pennsylvania professors and the Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine group are suing the private institution, asking a judge to stop it from giving the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce documents for its antisemitism investigation.

March 13, 2024

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The New York Times

Seattle University to Receive $300 Million Art Collection

Seattle University to Receive $300 Million Art Collection

March 13, 2024

Seattle University is making plans for a new art museum, thanks to a gift of a $300 million art collection and $25 million in seed money from a donor, the university trustees announced on Wednesday. The donation — by Richard Hedreen, a real estate developer — is the largest gift in the history of the university, a Jesuit institution founded in 1891, the trustees said in a statement. Hedreen is donating his entire collection, which has more than 200 works of art dating from the 15th century to today, including art by Thomas Gainsborough, Lucian Freud and Amy Sherald.
Seattle University is making plans for a new art museum, thanks to a gift of a $300 million art collection and $25 million in seed money from a donor, the university trustees announced on Wednesday. The donation — by Richard Hedreen, a real estate developer — is the largest gift in the history of the university, a Jesuit institution founded in 1891, the trustees said in a statement. Hedreen is donating his entire collection, which has more than 200 works of art dating from the 15th century to today, including art by Thomas Gainsborough, Lucian Freud and Amy Sherald.

March 13, 2024

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Higher Ed Dive

Northland College Needs $12M to Stay Open, Officials Say

Northland College Needs $12M to Stay Open, Officials Say

March 13, 2024

Northland College, a private nonprofit institution in Wisconsin, is attempting to raise $12 million by early April to stay open beyond this academic year, it announced Monday. The environmentally focused liberal arts college is staring down insufficient resources and will be forced to close after the spring term if it doesn’t secure the funding. If Northland raises the needed funds, they would be used to support the college during the 2024-25 academic year while officials develop a new model. “Northland College acknowledges the unwavering support of its community and remains optimistic about the future,” it said in the announcement. 
Northland College, a private nonprofit institution in Wisconsin, is attempting to raise $12 million by early April to stay open beyond this academic year, it announced Monday. The environmentally focused liberal arts college is staring down insufficient resources and will be forced to close after the spring term if it doesn’t secure the funding. If Northland raises the needed funds, they would be used to support the college during the 2024-25 academic year while officials develop a new model. “Northland College acknowledges the unwavering support of its community and remains optimistic about the future,” it said in the announcement. 

March 13, 2024

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Inside Higher Ed

Columbia President to Testify at House Antisemitism Hearing

Columbia President to Testify at House Antisemitism Hearing

March 12, 2024

The president of Columbia University and the co-chairs of its Board of Trustees will testify next month at a House hearing about antisemitism at the New York institution. This will be the House Education and Workforce Committee’s second hearing focused on how specific institutions responded to antisemitic incidents on campus in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war that began in October. Two of three presidents who testified at the first hearing in December have since resigned in part because of the fallout from their testimony. 
The president of Columbia University and the co-chairs of its Board of Trustees will testify next month at a House hearing about antisemitism at the New York institution. This will be the House Education and Workforce Committee’s second hearing focused on how specific institutions responded to antisemitic incidents on campus in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war that began in October. Two of three presidents who testified at the first hearing in December have since resigned in part because of the fallout from their testimony. 

March 12, 2024

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