Presidents of Liberal-Arts Colleges Discuss Dealing With Disasters and Other Topics at Annual Meeting

Sal D. Rinella knows a thing or two about planning for campus disasters. As a consultant for Stratus, a strategic-planning firm, he helps colleges handle pressing issues—and disasters have been among the heaviest these days. But his experience is personal, too. He was president of Austin Peay State University in 1999, when the Tennessee college was struck by a tornado that closed four buildings and damaged many more.

A disaster "is a marker in the life of an institution," Mr.

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