In protest of Arizona's new immigration law, which many view as encouraging discrimination against Latinos, a number of students accepted to the University of Arizona's honors program declined their offer of admission and will attend other institutions, Inside Higher Ed reported. In a letter to the University community on Friday, University President Robert Shelton wrote that concern over racial profiling and how the implementation of the new law will affect international students, faculty and staff at the University is understandable. "While I am completely confident that no one need fear the way that [the University Police Department] will approach the application of this law, I nevertheless appreciate the anxiety that friends and colleagues are feeling," he said in the letter. The Arizona Board of Regents will discuss the implications of the bill later this week, and Shelton pledged in his letter to keep the community informed of the meeting's conclusions.
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges announced plans on Friday to create a new search consulting business this summer that will focus on the recruitment and hiring of senior officials at institutions of higher education, according to an AGB press release. The business, AGB Search, will assist universities with their presidential search processes. "As leaders from across all sectors of higher education, AGB directors recognize how critical the selection of institutional leadership is to the future of our institutions," James Weaver, chair of the AGB board and board chair of Gettysburg College, said in the press release. James Ferrare, a senior consultant at Academic Search, a leading search firm in the college president market, will serve as senior vice president and managing principle of AGB Search. AGB, which was founded in 1921, currently serves over 1,200 institutions including Dartmouth and 34,000 individuals, according to the group's website.
