The Sandbox

Many presidents are first-gen college. But not many started out as undocumented immigrants.

Among other things, do we need to teach students when they’re being manipulated?

Leaders have to present a happy face to the world. But many can’t take off the mask when they’re with peers.

Are there too many professional associations, all clamoring for membership and dues?

“In order to preserve the quality of our programs, we must decide what to let go of.”

Younger generations have been good at destigmatizing mental health and substance abuse. Olders, not so much.

Hope is not a strategy. But neither is despair. What will help?

"Emotional and political energy that results in wasted effort and psychic harm for both the president and the institution.”