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Florida Atlantic U. Chief Cites Crushing Media Scrutiny in Resignation
"The extent of being a quote-unquote public figure was something that I really, truly wasn't prepared for," says Mary Jane Saunders.
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Charles Steger, Who Led Virginia Tech During 2007 Shootings, to Retire
"You do the best you can with what you know at the time," he says of that grim spring day. "And we did the best we could with what we knew."
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For Many Public-College Presidents, Homes Don't Count in Pay Packages
On most of those campuses, the value of living in the house isn't calculated as part of total compensation, because it doesn't have to be.
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Penn State's Farewell Payout to Spanier Made Him Best-Paid Public-College President
Graham Spanier made as much money as he did in 2011-12 because Penn State, amid a scandal, chose to fire him "without cause."
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4 Public-College Chiefs Pass Million-Dollar Mark in Total Pay
Median total compensation was more than $440,000 a year, better than a 4-percent increase.
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North Dakota Board to Review Chancellor's Performance
Hamid A. Shirvani, in office for less than a year, has come under criticism on campuses and in government circles. The board so far has supported him.
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Embattled President of St. John's U. Will Retire
The Rev. Donald J. Harrington had come under fire for accepting lavish gifts from a former dean accused of embezzlement at the New York institution.
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New College Chiefs Must Meet Revenue and Innovation Challenges
As a wave of community-college presidents retire, their successors confront a day of reckoning, said speakers at the sector's annual meeting.
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Princeton Names Its Provost as Its Next President
Christopher L. Eisgruber, a constitutional scholar, will replace Shirley M. Tilghman, who announced last fall that she would step down this year.
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Seeking to Mend Relations, Pasadena City President Offers Coffee to Faculty Critics
The community-college chief proposes meeting with professors "two by two" amid concerns over his leadership and treatment of a student newspaper.
