July 28, 2006

A Crash Course for the Loneliest Job on the Campus: the Presidency

By BEN LEUBSDORF

Lobbying and government relations are an essential part of being a college president, especially at public institutions. Yet few would-be college leaders are taught how to work with lawmakers.

So last month, when a group of 37 prospective presidents came here to learn how to run a college, they got a crash course on the ways of Washington. It was one of many aspects of an increasingly complex job covered during the Millennium Leadership Institute, a four-day program run by the American

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