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By Susan Campbell Baldridge, Susan Shaman, and Robert Zemsky

Forty percent of institutions are destined to struggle. What to do? Here’s what works — and what doesn’t. (PREMIUM)

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By Scott Carlson

A small industry of experts armed with data is ready to tell you if your college will survive. (PREMIUM)

Administration
By Bennett Leckrone

The university was battered by fierce competition in the online-education market, its interim president said. (PREMIUM)

What I Wish I Had Known
By Carmen Mendoza

“You would think your first couple of weeks you’re going to create your vision and your plan,” says Yolanda Gibson of Shenandoah University, but grasping budget data, policies, procedures, and protocol are more important.

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By Dane Kennedy

George Washington University’s culture initiative is Mickey Mouse. (PREMIUM)

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By Emma Pettit

Faculty critics said they object to having what they consider abstract ideas dictated to them. That practice might be appropriate in a corporate office, they say, but not on a college campus. (PREMIUM)

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