Eric Kelderman
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Washington, DC, United States
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Ohio State President Leaves Big Plans Unfinished as She Steps Down
Her planned resignation, “a difficult decision,” she said, comes less than three years into a five-year contract. → Read More
Community-College Leaders Wrestle With an Uncertain Future
At a recent conference, trustees talked about overhauling recruitment to bring back disaffected students. → Read More
Pay Raises, Massages, and Free Food: Can Colleges Lift Employees’ Morale?
Administrators are going above and beyond to re-engage employees after the pandemic deflated faculty and staff morale. → Read More
2 College-Leadership Searches in Florida Struggle to Field Candidates
Experts cite the state’s political climate as a factor. → Read More
Antioch and Otterbein Tie the Knot
Two years ago, Antioch University identified 250 colleges to potentially merge with. In Otterbein, they found their perfect match. → Read More
Should Governing Boards Have More Say Over Athletic Decisions?
Regents of the University of California system say, when it comes to whether UCLA will move to the Big Ten, they get to make the final call. → Read More
Education Dept. Cancels $4 Billion in ITT Tech Student Loans
The move, which will benefit 200,000 borrowers, is part of the department’s recent effort to forgive loan debt for people who say they were misled by for-profit colleges. → Read More
Corrections Agencies Would Get Broad Power Over Prison Education. Advocates Say That’s a Problem.
Under proposed rules, the agencies would decide which education programs were available to the nearly half a million incarcerated people who will be newly eligible for Pell Grants next year. → Read More
One President’s Playbook for Public Statements
Like a lot of college presidents, Steven C. Bahls knows what it’s like to wake up to an inbox full of angry emails. → Read More
Why College Presidents Don’t Speak Their Minds
A new Chronicle survey reveals how campus leaders feel caught between competing and sometimes contradictory demands. → Read More
How Fetal-Tissue Research Became the Focus of One State’s Budget Impasse
The move by some state legislators to withhold a highly ranked research institution’s tuition aid is getting renewed political attention after the Supreme Court’s decision to undo the constitutional right to abortion. → Read More
Confirming Faculty Fears, Purdue’s Board Chair Says Trustees Chose President Like a Business
While searches for college presidents have become more secretive in recent years, Purdue’s governing board may have set a new precedent for opacity. → Read More
Why Does the Education Department Need A Chief Economist?
Jordan Matsudaira will work to pair economic and higher-education data to better inform the department’s accountability and student-loan policy decisions. → Read More
After a Decade, Purdue’s Mitch Daniels Calls It Quits
The former Republican governor of Indiana put a moderately conservative stamp on the university. → Read More
How Would Student-Loan Forgiveness Really Work?
The biggest question for the Biden administration now may be whether it can create a widespread process for student-loan cancellation in time for the fall elections. → Read More
How Purdue U.'s Income-Share Agreement Confused Students
A financial-aid program that promised to reshape the way students pay for college has come under national scrutiny from consumer advocates and disgruntled borrowers. → Read More
The Presidential Exit Interview
Nine departing presidents on how the job — and higher ed — is changing. → Read More
Will a More Open Search Produce a Better President at Oregon State?
The last president didn’t last a whole year. Now, the university’s Board of Trustees is taking a different approach to find and appoint his successor. → Read More
California Bill Would Clash With NCAA Ban on Paying Athletes
The bill would require some colleges in the state, both public and private, to pay athletes if their team generates more than twice as much revenue as it spends on scholarships. → Read More
After an Eventful Decade at the Helm, Howard U.'s President Will Step Down
Wayne A.I. Frederick plans to retire from the historically Black institution in 2024. → Read More