November 27, 2011
Leaders' Choices Put Colleges in Uneasy Spot
Noah Berger for The Chronicle
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, thousands of students at the U. of California at Davis called for the resignation of Chancellor Linda Katehi to protest the use of pepper spray on peaceful protesters the previous Friday.
Controversial leadership decisions at Penn State and the University of California at Davis dominated headlines over the past month, yet the damage may extend well beyond those two institutions. Both crises have raised broader questions about the moral credibility of college leaders, adding weight to the nation's brewing discontent with higher education at the very time when public disaffection for banks, government, and other institutions is also on the rise.
"It's not a good time to
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