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Colleges and Universities on the Edge
Rachel Toor wonders if there are now too many institutions to be sustainable. Have we exceeded the carrying capacity of higher ed?
Presidents Take the Blows (It’s in the Job Description)
And, here I offer a modest proposal to create robust and passionate disagreements on campuses.
What’s on Presidents’ Minds These Days?
Presidents dish about many things, including, during a Sandbox Live! dinner, over actual dishes of really good chow surrounded by baseball paraphernalia.
Presidents Sound Off on the State of Higher Ed
A public university and private college president offer their takes on the need to change (or not).
A Not-So-Innocent Abroad
Given her politics, profession and (hippie) parentage, Rachel Toor finds herself surprised to feel a surge of patriotism while traveling overseas.
Presidents Share a Soupçon of Schadenfreude
While the elites fight it out, those in the chunk of the higher ed iceberg below the waterline are having a quiet moment.
Letter From a Region of My Mind
Last March, a speed-walk tour of our national museums provided an insight into what was in jeopardy. Now, it seems, we’ve already lost the work of a half century of scholarship.
‘Nontraditional’ President?
What’s the right background to lead complex institutions in perilous times?