Princeton University seniors Jeff Morell and Catherine Ettman will serve as undergraduate representatives on the search committee that will select the university's 20th president, according to The Daily Princetonian. Princeton is one of three Ivy league schools, in addition to Dartmouth and Yale University, that are searching for new presidents. The search committee, which includes nine trustees, four faculty members, one graduate student and one staff member, has 17 members in total. Princeton's undergraduate student government selected Morell and Ettman from the 48 seniors who applied for the position. The search committee is expected to make its decision in March, nearly eight months after President Shirley Tilghman announced her resignation effective June 2013, according to The Dartmouth. The search committee for Dartmouth's next president includes one appointed current student, Student Body President Suril Kantaria '13, who was not selected by an application process.
A flier explaining how to rape women was found in a freshman residence hall bathroom at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio this week, The New York Daily News reported. The flier was found on the weekend of Oct. 6 and advised that "Practice Makes Perfect" when it comes to rape, stating that, "If you're afraid that the girl will identify you, slit her throat." The flier elicited an immediate response from the university, and a mandatory meeting was held for all male students in the residence hall, according to The Daily News. There have been 27 incidents of sexual assault at Miami University since 2009, The Daily News reported.
Robert Kennedy, president of Connecticut's state higher education system, resigned on Oct. 12 after allegedly attempting to institute a series of pay raises for 21 board members while simultaneously trying to force out 12 community college presidents, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Kennedy's announcement came after Gov. Dannel Malloy, D-Conn., and the chair of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, Lewis Robinson, issued statements critical of Kennedy. The Board has appointed Philip Austin, the former president of the University of Connecticut, to serve as interim president of the system. The regents also formed a committee that will investigate the alleged salary increases, according to The Chronicle.
