Why College Presidents Don't Last

By RITA BORNSTEIN

Colloquy: Join an online discussion on why college presidents often seem to be on the firing line, why some fail and are fired, and what can be done to avoid such problems.By RITA BORNSTEIN

College presidents seem to be falling like tenpins. National attention among those of us in higher education is now focused on the failed presidential transition at Boston University, where, after a sudden