Ivory Cower: University presidents have lost their dignity

Wall Street Journal: Ivory Cower: University presidents have lost their dignity

Whether or not you agreed with them, university presidents used to be dignified figures on the American scene. They often were distinguished scholars, capable of bringing their own brand of independent thinking to bear on the operation and reform of their institutions. Above all, they took seriously the university’s mission to seek and transmit the Truth, and thereby to strengthen the free society that made such inquiry possible.

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