NPQ repeats that board members of a nonprofit should not do business with that nonprofit or on the basis of their influence with the nonprofit. It is unethical and threatens the reputation of the organization.
Transparency requires a different kind of attention. This story is instructive on the importance of the details.Co
Given longstanding practices such as “legacy admissions” (easier admissions for children of donating alumni), nonprofit university claims of building a meritocracy have always been somewhat laughable, but the direct sale of admission places speaks to a moral rot that is tearing at the heart of the US social contract.
The University of Texas at Austin attempted to overhaul courses by moving online, but it didn’t go as planned.
It looks like Argosy University will be closing on Friday; it cannot pay its bills and did not provide financial aid to students who had qualified for it.
Columbia’s Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies was only launched this academic year, but it is the product of 50 years of activism.
In meetings with the accreditation body, Bennett College officials had been advised that they needed to raise at least $4.7 million to restore the college’s unrestricted net asset position. Bennett ended up raising twice that amount in a little over two months. But the accreditation body rejected Bennett’s appeal nonetheless, leading Bennett to seek relief in federal court.
Southern New Hampshire University is, like many colleges, rebranding for adult learners seeking clear educational outcomes.
A university president credits the dramatic turnaround of Harrisburg University from 2013 to 2019 to “flat” governance, which refers to organizations having little or no middle management between staff and executives.
Since Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered last fall, many nonprofits have considered cutting ties with the Saudi regime, but few have acted. MIT recently issued its own report and will also keep accepting Saudi funds. So far, most of the clamoring to cut ties seems to come from those without authority to do so.
