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Following up on our last topic, here’s the question:
How do executive compensation attorneys who regularly negotiate employment contracts for university and college presidents and heads of independent schools achieve a fair compensation package for the holders of those difficult jobs?
In... Read More
I approach this topic with a bias, which I will now disclose:
In 2023, the job of a college or university president, senior dean or head of an independent school is sufficiently difficult that there is almost no amount of money or... Read More
In accordance with our last blog, the following is Part 2 of the subject:
Terminal Degrees Other Than a Ph.D.
Another significant trend, notable in the past few years, is that, increasingly, college and university presidents do not absolutely need to have... Read More
As executive employment attorneys representing college and university presidents, deans, provosts and other senior administrators in higher education, as well as the heads of independent secondary schools, we have noticed certain significant changes in the hiring landscape from even five years ago.
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It is not only attorneys who are involved with potential or actual litigation who should be concerned with preserving the attorney-client privilege between them and their clients.
Executive employment attorneys who represent college and university presidents and heads of school in contractual... Read More
A recent academic scandal involved the dismissal of the president of a major public university who for several years had been having a sexual relationship with a subordinate employee. The relationship was fully documented in hundreds of email messages.
What perhaps was... Read More
Corporate CEOs generally do not receive housing as part of their compensation packages unless they are required to work internationally, presumably for a limited period of time.
It is different in the academic world, as executive employment lawyers who practice in the... Read More
In Part 1 of this topic, I described the importance which we, as executive employment attorneys working in higher education, place on tenure and “Retreat Rights” as an essential term and condition of the contract of a college or university president.
Accordingly,... Read More
Executive employment lawyers who practice in the area of higher education understand from experience that there are a number of sections in the contract of a college or university president which would not appear in the contract of an executive in the... Read More
As executive employment lawyers who work with leaders in higher education and independent schools, we feel rewarded when our clients express their gratitude for our services. Yet the work of lawyers rarely survives the present moment because clients have contracts, needs and... Read More