Higher Ed Athletics

Book Discussion w/ Coastal Carolina President (and Author) Michael Benson


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Listen to this history lesson on American higher education with Dr. Michael Benson, the president of Coastal Carolina University and author of a biography about Daniel Coit Gilman, a pioneer in higher ed as the 1st president of Johns Hopkins University. Benson and I focus on how the then presidents of Cornell, Harvard and Michigan helped the trustees of JHU write the job description of the presidency that led to the hiring of Gilman. The discussion didn't stick only to history, but instead we used the past to talk about present day higher education across the country and certainly at Coastal Carolina. Benson explains why he thinks writing is an important skill and how writing this book changed him as a university president.

00:20 Trustees Attempt to Define the JHU President Job Description
12:20 Public Lectures for the Baltimore Community
16:48 Coastal Carolina's Presidential Signature Series
19:10 Older Generation Leaders Stepping Aside for Young Leaders
23:58 How Writing the Book Changed Benson as a College President

Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/F9BewhbRVrw

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