Stress Takes Its Toll On College Presidents

Several college leaders in Virginia and elsewhere have recently resigned under pressure, been fired, heard critics call for them to step down or called it quits early. Jack Maguire, chairman of Maguire Associates, an educational-consulting firm in Concord, Mass., said that “what causes president’s to crash and burn is losing the confidence of their board. The board finds out they don’t walk on water but in fact skate on thin ice.”  Meanwhile, Maguire said, college presidents “are kept up at night worried about financial problems and indirectly with enrollment.” Read more at:
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