At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.
I know nothing about this subject, but I do have prejudices, which I am more than happy to share with you.
If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.
Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a resilience of continuity that is part of what makes up human nature. That is not fundamentally going to change.
Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generation's level of knowledge and sense of values.
To subject colleges to uniform standards is to trivialize what goes on in higher education. Excellence comes in many unusual ways. You cannot apply the rules of high-stakes testing in high schools to universities.
When you have a great building, you are inspired to do something great.
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