The Chronicle of Higher Education
My ‘Dear Betsy’ Letter
February 09, 2017
Brian Rosenberg, President, Macalester College writes: The notion that President Trump’s secretary of education would reach out for advice to the president of Macalester College is preposterous, like imagining that the Patriots would rally from a 25-point deficit in the Super Bowl or that the president of the United States would gratuitously insult, say, Australia. Couldn’t happen. Still, it doesn’t hurt to dream, so here is the counsel I would offer to the newly confirmed secretary, Betsy DeVos.