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Looking for a University President

“Some people think that a college president’s life is full of joys and a host of friends. I know that he frequently walks in sorrow and alone because of the times he must do what seems impossible.” Paul V. Sangren (1948) “What a President Learns” Journal of Higher Education, 19, 6, 287-288. Well, my university […]

Have universities reached the tipping point?

In 1983, a t-shirt cost about $10 or $20, an album $10 or $15, and undergraduate tuition at University of Waterloo cost $1313.74 annually for architecture, its most expensive undergraduate program. In 2011, a first year architecture student at University of Waterloo pays $7,697 in fees each year (and architecture is far from being University of Waterloo's most expensive program). […]