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In this podcast, the Chronicle's Scott Carlson interviews two college presidents in their 30s—Elizabeth Fleming, of Converse College, and Kevin Ross, of Lynn University—who discuss the advantages and perils of being young and running an institution. |
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Small
Colleges Worry About Cost of Sustainability, by Scott Carlson
Chronicle of Higher Education, Friday, January 18, 2008
In one of a number of sessions devoted to the topic at a meeting of the Council of Independent Colleges this month, Anthony Cortese, president of the nonprofit group Second Nature, and Ray C. Anderson, chief executive of Interface, a billion-dollar carpet company committed to sustainability, tried to convey that the concept was not just ethical but also potentially profitable.
Foundation
Will Help Colleges Find Trustees, by Scott Carlson
Chronicle of Higher Education, Friday, January 18, 2008
A new nonprofit foundation plans to set up a free service to help colleges find qualified trustees. Robert H. Perry, founder of the Washington-based search firm R.H. Perry & Associates, said he was establishing a nonprofit organization, the R.H. Perry Foundation, to provide such services, mainly for small, financially needy colleges. The foundation was announced this month at a meeting in Florida of the Council of Independent Colleges.
The
Harvard Trickle-Down Effect, by Doug Lederman
Inside Higher Ed, Monday, January 7, 2008
As the Council of Independent Colleges held its annual Presidents Institute in Marco Island, Fla., this weekend, participants at a hastily arranged session on the new financial aid programs adopted by elite colleges expressed a wide range of opinions, ideas and – yes – fears about how the approach taken by Harvard and others might reshape the financial aid and admissions landscape in higher education.
Counterpoint
to Presidential Careerism, by Doug Lederman
Inside Higher Ed, Tuesday, January 8, 2008
At a time when the pay of leading college presidents soars over $1 million a year and many a campus leader prefers the title “CEO,” it sounds almost quaint to hear several dozen top administrators wrestle with such a fundamentally personal — and yet outward-looking — question as: “How might the thoughtful coupling of a president’s personal sense of calling with the mission of the institution she or he serves enhance presidential leadership?” Yet that’s just what unfolded during the just-completed Presidents Institute of the Council of Independent Colleges.
The following article by the New York Times was released on the
day of the awards banquet and shared with attendees at CIC's Presidents
Institute.
Classic
Revival, by Robin Pogrebin
New York Times, Education Life Section, Sunday, January 6, 2008
| The council has compiled an extensive electronic catalog of noteworthy architecture on nearly 400 campuses. The 2,000 examples range from the historic to the ultracontemporary, from stately to quirky, ornate to austere. The searchable Web site (www.cic.edu/hcap) contains images as well as information about the architects, materials, styles, functions and time periods of these campus structures. |
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The following article by the GW Hatchett mentions that Steve
Trachtenberg received the Allen P. Splete Award for Outstanding Service.
After
GW, Trachtenberg Is Still Busy, by Emily Cahn
GW Hatchett, Thursday, January 17, 2008
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