Student Gets To Be President For A Day

The annual President for a Day switch gives undergraduates a taste of the responsibilities of running the 4,800-student campus outside Philadelphia. It also reminds Harris of the challenges students face in balancing work and education. "It gives me a firsthand experience of what they go through every day," Harris said. "It makes me a better administrator in the long run." His student jobs have included leading campus tours, answering phones, filing paperwork and, of course, going to class. Student leaders, in turn, have used their temporary power to make admission decisions, reclaim faculty parking lots, offer free cake and "fire" favorite staffers to give them a day off. Read more at:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/04/28/pa_college_president_switches_places_with_student/