Reinventing Higher Ed – By Mitch Daniels

Editor’s note: Academics and administrators throughout U.S. higher education don’t know what to expect from former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who last week became president of Purdue University. In "An Open Letter to the People of Purdue," Daniels evokes the respect for accountability, market forces, cost controls and eggs-breaking innovation that guided his governorship, but that many in the higher ed industry see as antithetical to their mission. Wait until they read about the looming "STE." Excerpts:

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