Following recent events at the University of Michigan, the Board of Regents must begin searching for a new university president. ACTA Vice President of Trustee & Government Affairs, Armand B. Alacbay, has sent each board member a letter detailing how important a task this is and offering guidance and resources to assist in their search. As he states in the letter, each board member has “a vital role in choosing a new president who will not only lead your community but also help the university become a beacon of academic freedom and excellence. Students and their families, as well as taxpayers and employers in the State of Michigan, rely on your sound judgment.”
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Acrimony with board of trustees reportedly played a role in initial decision The president of Michigan State University will no longer leave his job this summer and head to Clemson University. Instead, he will stay at his job and earn $500,000 more per year. Kevin Guskiewicz announced on Monday he will stay at Michigan State. […]
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Michigan State University board members, donors and President Kevin Guskiewicz worked for the past month to ensure he stayed after his planned departure for Clemson University, but a faculty leader and experts say the reversal has created trust issues. While the university hammered out the details — including a nearly $400,000 raise and annual private aircraft flight time — […]
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Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz is joining the ranks of other short-lived Michigan university presidencies. Guskiewicz was selected as the 16th president of Clemson University at a Wednesday board meeting. Clemson has been without a president since James Clements resigned in December. “To be entrusted with leading a university as respected, ambitious and beloved […]
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