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At the beginning of the new academic year, it seems like a good time to review certain fundamental lessons which keep recurring in our legal practice involving executive employment agreements for the leaders of universities, colleges and independent schools:
1. Don’t... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Ivory D. Hills, currently Dean of Faculty and Assistant Head at Deerfield Academy, who will become the Head of School at St. Mark’s School as of July 1, 2024.
We were privileged to... Read More
Lest you think that the world of executive employment in academia is, in line with its non-profit educational mission, too high-minded to engage in hardball negotiation tactics, consider this gambit, which we have now seen more than once in the past year.
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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