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Why College Presidents Don't LastBy THOMAS BARTLETT

Daniel S. Goldin's presidency was over before it began -- one day before, to be exact.

Mr. Goldin was to have become president of Boston University on November 1. But on October 31, he and the trustees who had chosen him reached an agreement to part ways. Mr. Goldin, the 63-year-old former NASA chief, walked away with

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