What College Presidents Are Really Thinking

There is a lot on the minds of college presidents — especially on the heels of a tumultuous last school year that included a wave of student anti-war protests, polls showing a decline in trust in higher education and a consequential presidential election just a few months away. Your host joined John Bravman, president of Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, and about a dozen private liberal arts college presidents and other reporters for a wide-ranging, on-the-record discussion at the National Press Club Thursday.

Each leader gave insight and candid responses to some of the most pressing issues in higher education. Here’s what some of them had to say…