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Huffington Post - Opinion Piece

July 19, 2012

One definition of a president is that they live in a big house and carry a tin cup to search for money. A more accurate analysis might be that presidents have a corporate title working as a 19th century political boss trying to manage a medieval craft guild. And therein lies the problem - the job has evolved but the national imperative for presidents to lead as well as govern remains constant. And presidents - who preside over universities that are America's incubators of ideas - are ideally positioned to make a significant contribution.

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