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Letters: College Presidents Should Focus on ‘Mission, Purpose, and Student Success’

Two leaders in higher education respond to Senator Ben Sasse’s (incomplete) list of the questions facing American colleges and universities.
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17 Questions Every College Should Be Asking

“Higher education is in the middle of multiple, massive disruptions,” Senator Ben Sasse argued in September, “and it isn’t clear that the leaders of the sector grasp the magnitude of the waves of change breaking on their ivy-covered gates.” Sasse, a former college president himself, he hopes search committees will use to find leaders who can actually help their universities tackle the challenges they will face.

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