April 4, 2008
A College President's Job Is to Shape a Center That Holds
The recent resignation and hasty departure of Gene R. Nichol as president of the College of William and Mary has prompted the usual round of speculation about the state of the college presidency. Why do certain circumstances doom well-intentioned people and their presidencies? What determines success and wards off failure?
Two intertwined pressures trigger problems for many presidents. First, campuses are increasingly becoming ideological battlegrounds littered with vested, politically
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