Knox College's President Is No Longer 'Interim'; Johns Hopkins Dean Boasts Business Credential

HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE: There's nothing like a popular insider to shut down the competition.

Roger Taylor, interim president of Knox College -- a small liberal-arts college in rural Illinois -- grew up on a nearby farm and has cleaned toilets with janitors, eaten lunch in the cafeteria with students, and invited professors to dinner at his house. Many people on the campus like him. They really, really like him.

He also had been chairman of the Board of Trustees. So when Mr.

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