You Oughta Know: Hope Williams

For many years, experts have predicted the demise of many small private colleges, contending negative economic and demographic trends suggest a difficult future. It hasn’t happened in the 25 years that Hope Williams has led the N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities. The Raleigh-based group has 36 members, one fewer than when she became president in 1992. The schools enroll about 68,000 undergraduate and 22,000 graduate and professional students.