Photo Finishes a Presidency, and Illustrates a New Risk

College presidents, beware: You are being watched.

Although not quite celebrities, campus chiefs are public figures. Their misbehavior, or even questionable behavior, attracts attention—lots of it. One unseemly photograph can end a career.

Such was the experience of Robert A. Paxton, president of Iowa Central Community College, who resigned this week after a rather

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