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Nondisparagement agreements and an unwillingness to confront underlying problems force colleges to pull out the checkbook to smooth rough departures, experts say. (PREMIUM)
The Chronicle’s newly updated executive-compensation report includes the latest salary information, plus years of data, about chief executives at more than 250 public universities and systems and more than 600 private colleges.
Taylor Dumpson, the first black woman to serve as the university’s student-body president, was subjected to a campaign of racist online harassment in 2017. (PREMIUM)
Boise State University knew it had a communication problem when it came to its University Foundations program. So it enlisted student researchers to help convey the value of general education to fellow undergraduates.
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