Outsider Presidents

5/14/2012: From Mary Carmichael in the Boston Globe:

A growing number of colleges seem to share his faith in the value of outsider presidents, PhD or no PhD. Twenty percent of college presidents in the United States now come from fields outside academia, a sharp increase from 13 percent just six years ago, according to a new national survey by the American Council on Education. Nearly a third have never been professors.

My recollection is that the job description Dr. Pernsteiner wrote for UO’s new pres required a terminal degree.