The Sandbox

Presidents dish about many things, including, during a Sandbox Live! dinner, over actual dishes of really good chow surrounded by baseball paraphernalia.

A public university and private college president offer their takes on the need to change (or not).

While the elites fight it out, those in the chunk of the higher ed iceberg below the waterline are having a quiet moment.

What’s the right background to lead complex institutions in perilous times?

How Ayn Rand represents part of the problem in higher ed.

“I’m in the first year of my presidency all over again.”

“The continuing stereotype of a president is entrenched and it remains a white, middle-aged man, average age 65.”

Two takes on what we might be getting wrong.