Washington’s first fully online university makes a strong play for academic heft and innovation by tapping Bellevue College President Jean Floten as its chancellor, reports the Seattle Times. Floten brings gravitas and assertive leadership, a perfect fit for the big plans of Western Governors University-Washington. The nonprofit, online university created in 1997 by governors of 19 Western states, including this one, has a small footprint here…
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Bellevue College President Jean Floten announced May 24 that she is leaving the Nebraska campus to become chancellor of Western Governors University Washington, one of the nation’s largest online schools, according to Patch.com.