Podcast: Chancellor Hagerott Defends Himself and Hiring Choices
I've written some pretty negative stories about North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott in recent days, and I've had...
higher education
Why Do We Have a Double Standard for Diversity in Education?
Over the weekend my colleague Helmut Schmidt published an article about the lack of gender diversity in leadership positions in...
The Time Is Right for a Debate About Closing Down Some of North Dakota’s Universities
Governor Doug Burgum is hinting at it. He told the Grand Forks Herald back in May that, when it comes to...
UND President Mark Kennedy Gets It: Improved Completion Rates Need to Be the Priority in Higher Education
UND President Mark Kennedy has a column in the Grand Forks Herald today which illustrates why he is the sort of...
Audio: Lawmaker Says North Dakota’s University System Needs to Change or Go the Way of Blockbuster
Blockbuster Video was a corporate juggernaut. Until it wasn't. The movie rental market got upended by a different approach. Everything...
Senators Introduce Bill to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Professional Sports Stadiums, but It Should Include College Sports Too
A bipartisan group of Senators are backing legislation to prohibit the use of public bonds to finance professional sports stadiums....
Governor Burgum: Higher Ed Leaders Need to Feel More Fear
Forbes today has a very good interview with Governor Doug Burgum. The whole thing is very interesting and worth your...
“It’s Cheaper to Help a Student Stay in School Than to Recruit a New One.”
The headline comes from this New York Times article from last week about some of the new realities universities are...
Audio: Chancellor Mark Hagerott Says ND University System Has “Dilemma” Handling “Speed of Change”
"We have a dilemma here," North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott told me during an interview on my radio...
Former North Dakota University System Chancellor Accused of Sexual Harrassment
Hamid Shirvani had a tumultuous eleven-month tenure as the chancellor of the North Dakota University System which ended when the...
