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Codes’ vague, narrow and toothless provisions are failing to promote the safety and well-being of all university community members, says Richard Joseph.

Controversies over alleged research misconduct that scuttled the presidencies of two of the most well-known universities in the world in the past year have raised questions about whether such issues should have been caught before they were hired — and whether search committees can do more to find red flags before contracts are signed.

When a typical university begins looking for a new president, it follows a pretty standard playbook: A search committee is assembled, comprising board members, faculty, and staff. A call is put forth for thoughts and nominations. An outside recruiting firm is brought in to help broaden the hiring pool.

Do you want to hear some juicy insider information about what’s happening at Rollins College? Well, you can always ask the delightful but dauntingly discreet Lorrie Kyle Ramey. Not that she has anything juicy to share. Not that she’d share it even if she did.

Faculty worry that a campaign by private equity boss Marc Rowan on antisemitism threatens university’s independence.

Three prominent university presidents’ disastrous recent congressional testimony about antisemitism has cast a spotlight on what these officials do, as calls for their resignation mounted.

An opinion by the commonwealth’s attorney general on the responsibilities of public university trustees prompts a debate about whether Governor Glenn Youngkin believes they answer to him.