Articles Written by College Presidents for College Presidents

Presidential Perspectives is our successful higher education leadership series written by college presidents for college presidents. The 2011/2012 season represents the 6th year of this popular series. This year's theme is “Strategies to Address the Rising Cost of Higher Education” and focus on the innovations, best practices, and strategies that colleges and universities are embracing to address the rising cost of Higher Education.

Chapters are authored by notable presidents whose institutions are in the forefront of innovative practices in these areas. Over 55 current and past chapters reside on the Presidential Perspectives website.

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• Chapter 1: Tuition Discounting: Transparency, Access, and Accountability
  o Dr. David Arnold, President, Eureka College
  o Foreword by Tim Goral, Editor, University Business magazine
• Chapter 2: Cutting Our Way to Excellence? Unlikely.
  o Dr. Donna Randall, President, Albion College
• Chapter 3: Curricular Innovation in Challenging Financial Times
  o Dr. Jay Lemons, President, Susquehana University
• Chapter 4: Cost, Price, and Value: The Changing Landscape of Higher Education
  o Dr. John McCardell, President, The University of the South
• Chapter 5: Education with Purpose: Systems Thinking and Thinking Systems
  o Dr. Scott Koerwer, Past-President, Newberry College
• Chapter 6: Three-Year Baccalaureate Degrees Contain Costs and Accelerate Outcomes
  o Dr. Vinton Thompson, President, Metropolitan University of New York