January 20, 2006
Williams College Econ Department Is Birthplace of College Presidents
Want to be a college president? Join the faculty of the economics department at Williams College.
Last week Vassar College announced that its next president will be Catharine B. Hill, provost and an economics professor at Williams. Her selection brings to four the number of economics professors at Williams who have assumed presidencies of liberal-arts colleges.
Morton O. Schapiro, president of Williams and himself an economics professor, insists the economics department is not a
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