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The Sandbox, a weekly newsletter, is a benefit for Insider Premium subscribers designed to help higher ups in higher ed do their challenging jobs. It’s a place to play and create, share ideas, and allow leaders to say what they really think. We strive to provide a Saturday morning read that is both insightful and entertaining. And we rely on current and past leaders to write to and for us. Contact author Rachel Toor if you want to share feedback and jump into the conversation.
The Sandbox is sent each Saturday morning. Not receiving it? Email us at membership@insidehighered.com.
And now for something completely different: not just another boring newsletter to doom scroll.
“Whenever someone looks me up, they see those early stories that make it seem like I did something terribly wrong.”
When Ambien doesn’t work, these are some of the thoughts that keep presidents sweating in their beds.
“I feel like someone handed me a ticking time bomb because they wanted to make sure a woman was holding it when it explodes.”
And how it possibly helped reinforce some of the critiques of higher education.
Your perspective changes depending on where your office is.
“Our people make sacrifices every day so that we can survive together as a whole.”
The old clichés no longer hold true, but some folks just can’t quit them.
Your faithful correspondent realizes “her” presidents are not typical.
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