Corporate-Style Leaders May Not Make the Best College Presidents, Business Expert Says

Well, NSS!

"Mr. Collins suggested that what he described as higher education's fixation on business culture may be counterproductive. Leaders who prosper in the business world, he said, in many cases appear to be fundamentally different from their successful counterparts in the world of nonprofit institutions."

U. of Louisiana at Lafayette Fires Basketball Coach With Bogus Degrees

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"According to a biography posted on Lafayette's Web site, Mr. Cyprien received a bachelor's from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the other degrees from Lacrosse University. Lacrosse was featured in a series in The Chronicle last month about diploma mills that noted that the Mississippi-based institution charges $2,200 for a Ph.D. The States of Michigan and Oregon list Lacrosse as a diploma mill, and it is not accredited by any of the regional educational agencies."