What Presidents Think.

The article focuses on a new survey uncovers concerns over faculty tenure and lack of training for the top job. The survey, the first of its kind and completed by nearly 6 in 10 four-year college presidents nationwide this past summer, shows that financial issues permeate almost every facet of the top job on campuses. John Maguire, chairman of Maguire Associates, an educational-consulting firm in Bedford, Massachusetts, which conducted the survey, says the overall findings indicate that many college presidents have an obsession, day in and day out, with things related to finance.