Taking the Long View
Williams is committed to sustainability in all its many dimensions. Continue reading »
Williams is committed to sustainability in all its many dimensions. Continue reading »
Ours is an institution of higher learning; such learning cannot occur without broad and enthusiastic exposure to a wide range of ideas and perspectives. Continue reading »
“Need-blindness,” taken literally, is actually a narrow and misleading construct. There’s a passiveness to the term that implies, quite wrongly, that we can address the issue of college accessibility simply by turning a blind eye to students’ financial circumstances. Rather, what’s needed is for colleges to act affirmatively to bring socioeconomic diversity to our campuses. Continue reading »
In marking four decades of coeducation, what we celebrate most deeply aren’t the ways in which Williams has changed women, but rather how women have changed Williams. Continue reading »
My personal commitment, as firm as any I can make, is that sexual assault must be eliminated in our community. Continue reading »
To most effectively educate students of all backgrounds, we need faculty of all backgrounds. Continue reading »
The difference our alumni make—to the world, to Williams and to our students—is astonishing. Continue reading »
I hope and expect that we’ll continue to win a lot of contests, and even perhaps more Directors’ Cups. The real measure of our athletics program’s success, though will always be how well we fulfill our deeper ideals. Continue reading »
I appreciate the opportunity to comment here, as a college president, on the effort to develop a system of rating colleges that would better inform students and families and provide a measure for the disbursement of federal financial aid. Continue reading »
Open discussion of such matters is an important part of the academic freedom we all cherish. Continue reading »