At his departure in 1997, Young was the longest-serving college leader in American higher education.
She urges fellow college leaders to join her.
And without decisive action by college leaders, that storyline, and the challenges it creates, is likely to become even more embedded in the public's mind.
In the competition for students and financial support, college leaders strove to keep current with demands for innovation.
Before becoming acting dean in 1995, he served as an associate dean under two consecutive college leaders.
Like other college leaders, much of Dr. Gutmann's time and considerable energy will be spent raising funds.
A week later, Republicans invited a new set of college leaders to a roundtable talk.
However, some college leaders argued that default rate provisions were endangering legitimate colleges that served low-income students who needed loans to pay for their education.
But at least the college leaders are shying away from totally destroying the bowl system.
And they also promised to lobby other college leaders to sign the pledge.