When higher education takes on real problems in real time, in addition to fundamental basic research, it can serve students, families and society in novel ways.
Christopher L. Augostini takes the helm at Emory University while Tufts Provost Caroline Attardo Genco becomes the first female president at the University at Buffalo.
The University of Florida picked a president with experience at a neighboring flagship while Northwestern University hired its new leader away from another Big 10 institution.
Post-secondary education is an investment that should leave students financially better off. However, reducing a college education to early-career earnings data is economically misguided.
