Colgate President Brian W. Casey writes about the value of a liberal arts education and human interactions in this AI age.
Author: President Brian W. Casey
Column by President Brian W. Casey
Colgate President Brian Casey offers notes from the campus.
A summary of the presentation President Brian W. Casey offered to alumni at “The Hour With the President” during reunion weekend.
Colgate President Brian W. Casey discusses recent challenges to higher education.
I write this approximately 10 days after Election Day, and much like the rest of the country, the members of the Colgate campus community are considering the implications of the recent presidential election results, wondering both what it might mean for the University and what it might mean for the nation. These questions are particularly acute for members of a campus community because, for many, one of the reasons for the particular election results was the campus itself. For some observers, it was the culture of the elite American campus itself that was rejected by the majority of the nation.…
Of all the challenges to higher education that occurred this past year — and there were many — I think the greatest, and the one with perhaps the longest-term implications for Colgate and for other colleges and universities, has been the sharp drop in the public’s regard for American higher education. We live in a time when regard for many of our most important institutions — the U.S. presidency, Congress, the Supreme Court, the national press — is falling, sometimes dramatically so. It might not be surprising to see the same trends are affecting our colleges and universities. Are we…
President Brian W. Casey writes about how the campus is entering a new chapter with its building projects.
Colgate President Brian W. Casey offers his quarterly magazine column.
The quarterly column from President Brian W. Casey