https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/08/03/the-university-president-as-leading-intellectual/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:15:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/08/03/the-university-president-as-leading-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:15:18 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=414#comment-3960 You are tempting me to unkind words about college presidents in my (limited) experience who do not aspire to greatness. They have their virtues–smooth administration, good fundraising skills–but they are rather dispiriting.

]]> https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/08/03/the-university-president-as-leading-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-3956 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:18:19 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=414#comment-3956 One Leon Botstein is enough…hilarious. I believe he popped from the womb, like Oskar with his drum, as a college president. Interesting fellow, but…I hear ya.

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