Morning Bell: Other Universities Hiring Their Own Chief Executive Presidents

Daniels’ possible first stamp on Purdue: What others say – “Simply speculating from his past, I think he will be able to announce a plan that freezes or possibly even reduces tuition (which has risen nearly $6,000 over the past 10 years). If he does this it will bring about controversial cuts and will be something that our peers have not done.” Lafayette Journal and Courier

College boards turn to business-style approaches – “The governing boards of colleges and universities are increasingly demanding that their presidents perform more like corporate chief executives, much to the chagrin of academics who say treating colleges as businesses doesn’t fit the mission of higher education. “ The Associated Press

Church vies to purchase ex-Harlan schoolhouse – “Barkman and his Harlan supporters are the second group of community members to come up against a 2011 law that gives charter schools the first option to buy vacant school buildings.” The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

DFER: This is what we meant about the Marshall plan – “Whatever the merits of White’s plan to hire outside consultants to help manage Marshall and more than a dozen schools that feed into it, DFER said it won’t work without empowering schools to make their own decisions.” (Indiana Democrats for Education Reform have responded to an earlier blog post written by the Indianapolis Star’s Scott Elliott in which he called their criticism of a plan to take over Marshall “surprising.”)  Get On The Bus

Keeping students safe: a bill even this Congress should be able to pass – “One of those would be the Keeping All Students Safe Act, which would protect schoolchildren from abusive use of physical restraints and solitary confinement by mandating minimum safety standards in public schools.” The Answer Sheet