The Presidency, Winter 2006 Issue
Table of Contents
Features
Erasing
the Education Deficit
By William E. Kirwan
What steps need to be taken to rebuild public investment in higher
education? The chancellor of the University System of Maryland offers
his ideas, including suggesting that the higher education community
learn to speak with a common voice. To help put that idea into action,
Kirwan discusses the American Council on Education's new Solutions for
Our Future campaign, a national project to demonstrate how American
colleges and universities serve the public. Nancy E. Cantor, chancellor
of Syracuse University, Charlene R. Nunley, president of Montgomery
College, and Stanley O. Ikenberry, former president of the American
Council on Education, also weigh in on the importance of this new
initiative.
The
President as Public Intellectual
By Sanford J. Ungar
Where are the public intellectuals and national leaders of
yesteryear? The president of Goucher College argues that today's college
and university presidents need to step forward and fill a vacuum in the
public sphere—and be willing to rock the occasional boat.
Sustainability
and the University
By G. Wayne Clough, Jean-Lou Chameau, and Carol Carmichael
One of the major challenges facing the human race is charting a
course for the future that allows for economic growth while protecting
our fragile planet, says the president of the Georgia Institute of
Technology, along with two colleagues. They discuss the role that higher
education must play to help create a vibrant economy and high quality of
life, while sustaining natural resources. Mary Spangler, chancellor of
Oakland Community College; David Shi, president of Furman University;
Juan Olivarez, president of Grand Rapids Community College; and Daniel
Fogel, president of the University of Vermont, add their views on
sustainability.
Departments
Eye
on Washington
A review of the decisions Congress made at the end of 2005, and a look
at what's ahead in 2006.
Legal
Watch
A ruling raises the threat of whistleblower suits.
By
the Numbers
Tracking the benefits of higher education.
Resources:
Transforming Students' First-Year Experience into Long-Term
Success
By Karen A. Stout
The president of Montgomery County Community College shows how focusing
on students’ first-year experience can improve student achievement
levels.
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