Leading academic communities

Seven current and former college and university presidents gathered on campus Nov. 13 for a panel discussion on leadership in higher education. All have ties to the University of Richmond. From left: Thomas Morris, secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Virginia and former Richmond faculty member; Richmond President Bill Cooper; John Roush, president of Centre College and former Richmond executive assistant to the president and vice president for planning and former Gettysburg College president; Charles Glassick, senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and former Richmond provost; Ken Ruscio, president of Washington and Lee University and former dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies; Richard Morrill, former Richmond president; and E. Bruce Heilman, former Richmond president.