The Edge: What Higher Ed Needs From Its Leaders Right Now - Newsletter

Leadership is crucial for any institution, but it’s especially critical for under-resourced and lesser-known ones without much financial cushion. For many of those institutions, leadership sets the long-term prospects: A great leader’s commitment and ability can help people organize around a mission and strengths, transforming a college into a regional destination for students. Poor leaders, meanwhile, spend resources on ill-considered plans and elevate mediocre administrators, setting up an institution for years of financial and managerial difficulties.