A thought-provoking and nuanced discussion of the role of trustees and the complexities of university governance in a time of change.

In case you aren’t a Chronicle subscriber, here’s the relevant portion from today’s article — and why are we reading trustees’ private emails?? On June 10, Ms. Sullivan and the board announced her resignation. Among the articles that Ms. Dragas and Mr. Kington shared was an opinion piece that appeared in The Chronicle, expressing the need […]

Water, electricity, and a hammock grove — who could ask for anything more?

THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations – at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect. […]

Obama had it beautifully right: much of the world learned about Jobs’ passing in a way that Jobs invented. As I sat in a meeting yesterday, iPhones and iPads and MacBooks began pinging with the news. We began clicking and connecting, Googling and tweeting. So we learned about Jobs’ death not just through Apple devices, […]