Dive Brief:
- A survey of presidents of four-year colleges and universities by Inside Higher Ed and Gallup shows that 28% on the public side are feeling heat from state governors to act against their better judgment.
- For the private school presidents, only 6% are feeling the same type of pressure from their governors, according to the survey.
- As for pressure from the federal government, 37% of the presidents overall report feeling it, including 49% of the private-institution presidents.
Dive Insight:
Most presidents at the four-year schools are not concerned at all about being removed from office — 51% for those at public institutions and 63% at private institutions. Only 3% of public university presidents are very concerned about being removed, and only 2% of the private-school presidents are. Most of the presidents are in favor of campus climate surveys on sexual assaults — 60% — and only 21% of the presidents report that their institutions have conducted such a survey in the last two years. A total of 620 presidents responded to survey.