In tumultuous times, it's important to have a very mature leader.

What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.

The notion of the large, massive public university that can exist in isolated splendor is dead.

I simply take serious issues seriously, but I do not take myself seriously.

I have a passion for academic life, a passion for students and for the ability and the narrative of a university to make a difference in the world in which they reside.