There’s the day to day admin, the glad-handing of donors, and, crucially, keeping internal fires from becoming public, violent conflagrations.
That last one is a public relations lesson, one on which Columbia’s president might need a refresher.
In doing so, Columbia’s leadership threw out the playbook for managing protests that universities have honed for decades to keep students safe.
To be sure, Columbia’s president, Minouche Shafik, knows her job could be on the line.
Meanwhile, thousands of students, parents and alumni are about to descend on Columbia’s campus for commencement, adding more pressure to remove protesters.
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