There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.

The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past.

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.