Education: Help Wanted On Other Campuses

Yale is by no means alone in its quest for a new president—or in the array of problems that he will face. Some hypothetical ads for other schools seeking new leaders:

MIDWESTERN GIANT seeks experienced administrator to run nation's third largest university, with some 48,000 students, 3,405 faculty and $264 million budget. Offerings run from strong agricultural department to innovative performing arts programs. Current President Clifton Wharton, first black to head large, mostly white U.S. university, leaving at year's end to take over bigger (340,000 students) State University of New York; successor must build up small ($ 12 million) endowment, raise money...

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