November 10, 2000
Lessons From the Presidential Trenches
Several decades ago, on the day I was to assume my first administrative appointment as the dean of a college of arts and sciences, I had breakfast with the outgoing dean. He announced that he was once again assuming the mantle of "we," and that I was about to become one of "them." It was as if I were crossing a threshold that would create a divide, if not an abyss, between me and my fellow faculty members.
Even though I thought his statement was hyperbolic, over time I learned that he
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