The Sandbox

When Ambien doesn’t work, these are some of the thoughts that keep presidents sweating in their beds.

No, higher ed leaders are not napping in foxholes, enjoying spa days, or cheating at playing golf. They’re doing the work to take care of their communities.

How do you know when it’s time to leave a presidency?

Your faithful Sandbox correspondent makes a trip to D.C. and has a lot of thoughts.

Sometimes a leader can be overshadowed by someone with sharper claws.

Poking the hornet’s nest of shared governance and tenure. Could it be that we might have to change things having to do with—gasp—the faculty?

One president offers a suggestion to reframe the narrative in ways that will resonate with those greedy bros in power. Another gives pointers on how to tell if you’re living under authoritarian rule.

Absolutely, we need brave leaders to speak out and defend what we do. But life is complicated. More for some than for others.