Posts Tagged: Stephen J. Trachtenberg

New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Trachtenberg on Three-Year Degrees

In this installment of NEJHE's New Directions for Higher Education series, Philip DiSalvio, dean of the College of Advancing & Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, interviews Stephen Trachtenberg, president emeritus & University Professor of Public Service at George Washington University. NEJHE launched the series in 2013 to examine emerging issues, trends a...

Night Thoughts on Academic Searches

When a university, or any organization, and its recruiting firm set out to find a new leader, they usually begin and end in a delusion. They declare their intention to find the best person for the job and, once all the sorting and sifting are done, they announce that they have indeed found the best person for the job. The odds are they have done no such thing—and, more to the point, there is...