As of January 2015, I’ve gathered and cataloged almost 600 op-eds by college and university presidents in 2014. Nearly 200 presidents are represented on the updated list below, which means an average of nearly three published op-eds per president for the year. (There are some over-achievers in the group who have bumped up that average.)
Here’s a list of every president included in the database, with the number of published op-eds for the year. I’m highlighting the top 14 – those publishing 10 or more op-eds this past year – before the full alphabetical list. I’m also providing lists, with links, for all op-eds written by the top 14 (just click on the president’s name). Note that all sectors of nonprofit higher education are represented in this select group.
(For a comprehensive list of the media outlets in which the 600 op-eds appeared, go to this page.)
Presidents with the Most Published Op-eds in 2014
32 – Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University
20 – Dustin Swanger, President, Fulton-Montgomery (N.Y.) Community College
19 – Scott D. Miller, President, Bethany College
19 – Christopher B. Nelson, President, St. John’s College, Annapolis
18 – Daniel R. Porterfield, President, Franklin & Marshall College
17 – Karen Gross, Former President, Southern Vermont College
15 – Gary A. Olson, President, Daemen College
14 – Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University
12 – Robert M. Myers, President, Toccoa Falls College
11 – John F. Ebersole, President, Excelsior College
10 – Ricardo Azziz, President, Georgia Regents University
10 – Robert L. Breuder, President, College of DuPage
10 – Santa J. Ono, President, University of Cincinnati
10 – Bill R. Path, President, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
The Full List of Presidents Publishing Op-eds in 2014
(Numbers before the names identify those with more than one published op-ed for the year)
Dennis Ahlburg, President, Trinity University (Texas)
2 – F. King Alexander, President & Chancellor, Louisiana State University
Joseph A. Alutto, Former Interim President, Ohio State University
David R. Anderson, President, St. Olaf College (Minn.)
10 – Ricardo Azziz, President, Georgia Regents University
MaryAnn Baenninger, Former President (now president, Drew University), College of St. Benedict (Minn.)
Steven C. Bahls, President, Augustana College (Ill.)
John Bassett, President, Heritage University
3 – Bradley W. Bateman, President, Randolph College
Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University
Rodney D. Bennett, President, University of Southern Mississippi
6 – Michael Benson, President, Eastern Kentucky University
Ronald Berkman, President, Cleveland State University
2 – Gene D. Block, Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles
2 – Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University
2 – Leon Botstein, President, Bard College
H. Kim Bottomly, President, Wellesley College
2 – Thomas J. Botzman, President, Misericordia
2 – Jonathan M. Brand, President, Cornell College (Iowa)
3 – Daan Braveman, President, Nazareth College
5 – Dean L. Bresciani, President, North Dakota State University
10 – Robert L. Breuder, President, College of DuPage
5 – Michael S. Brophy, President, Marymount California University
2 – Paul R. Brown, President, Monmouth University (N.J.)
Edward Burger, President, Southwestern University (Texas)
Sandra Caldwell, President, Reedley College (Calif.)
3 – Luis Maria R. Calingo, President, Woodbury University
Robert L. Caret, Former President, University of Massachusetts
Kyle R. Carter, Chancellor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
3 – Joseph I. Castro, President, California State University, Fresno
Greg Christy, President, Northwestern College (Iowa)
James P. Clements, President, Clemson University
2 – Lisa S. Coico, President, City College of New York
2 – Mary Sue Coleman, Former President, University of Michigan
2 – Grant Cornwell, President, The College of Wooster
2 – Scott S. Cowen, Former President, Tulane University
3 – Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University
Ronald A. Crutcher, Former President, Wheaton College (Mass.)
Mitch Daniels, President, Purdue University
2 – Ronald Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University
4 – Rassoul Dastmozd, President, Saint Paul College — A Community & Technical College
Sean Decatur, President, Kenyon College
James Dennis, President, McKendree University
5 – Bill Destler, President, Rochester Institute of Technology
3 – Nicholas B. Dirks, Chancellor, University of California Berkeley
4 – Stuart Dorsey, President, Texas Lutheran University
Jim Doti, President, Chapman University
Helen Drinan, President, Simmons College
Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President, Salisbury University (Md.)
Robert Duffett, Former President, Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.) (Now president, Eastern University, Pa.)
4 – Donald Eastman, President, Eckerd University
11 – John F. Ebersole, President, Excelsior College
2 – Michael E. Engh, President, Santa Clara University
A. Gabriel Esteban, President, Seton Hall University
Adam F. Falk, President, Williams College
2 – Drew Gilpin Faust, President, Harvard University
William V. Flores, President, University of Houston-Downtown
Charles L. Flynn Jr., President, College of Mount Saint Vincent (N.Y.)
2 – Thomas P. Foley, President, Mount Aloysius College
Carol N. Folt, Chancellor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
3 – Bobby Fong, President (Deceased), Ursinus College
Morna Foy, President, Wisconsin Technical College System
John A. Fry, President, Drexel University
The Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, President and CEO, Loyola University Chicago
3 – Jonathan Gibralter, President, Frostburg State University (Md.)
R. Barbara Gitenstein, President, The College of New Jersey
4 – Barry Glassner, President, Lewis & Clark College
Robert K. Glenn, President, Athens State University (Ala.)
17 – Karen Gross, Former President, Southern Vermont College
Roberto Gutierrez, President, Klamath Community College (Ore.)
John Haeger, President, Northern Arizona University
Phil Hanlon, President, Dartmouth College
Patrick T. Harker, President, University of Delaware
2 – Walter Harrison, President, University of Hartford
Ann Weaver Hart, President, University of Arizona
Nathan Hatch, President, Wake Forest University
2 – Peyton R. Helm, President, Muhlenberg College
2 – Susan Henking, President, Shimer College
2 – John L. Hennessy , President, Stanford University
3 – Catharine Bond Hill, President, Vassar College
Mary Dana Hinton, President, College of St. Benedict
David Hodge, President, Miami University, Ohio
Virginia Schaefer Horvath, President, State University of New York at Fredonia
2 – Chris Howard, President, Hampden-Sydney College
3 – Anne E. Huot, President, Keene State College
Mark Hussey, Interim President, Texas A&M University
Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
9 – Jackie Jenkins-Scott, President, Wheelock College
7 – Robert E. Johnson, President, Becker College
Rock Jones, President, Ohio Wesleyan University
Tuajuanda C. Jordan, President, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
7 – Alan Kadish, President, Touro College
2 – Eric Kaler, President, University of Minnesota
Steven H. Kaplan, President, University of New Haven
2 – Thomas A. Kazee, President, University of Evansville
7 – Walter M. Kimbrough, President, Dillard University
4 – Raynard S. Kington, President, Grinnell College
7 – Arthur F. Kirk Jr., President, Saint Leo University
3 – William E. Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland
2 – Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
Irene Kovala, President, Glendale Community College (Ariz.)
3 – Anne Kress, President, Monroe Community College (N.Y.)
2 – Marvin Krislov, President, Oberlin College
Leo M. Lambert, President, Elon University
Gloria Cordes Larson, President, Bentley University
2 – Karen R. Lawrence, President, Sarah Lawrence College
Fred Lazarus IV, Former President, Maryland Institute College of Art
Steven Leath, President, Iowa State University
4 – Paul J. LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University
David W. Leebron, President, Rice University
L. Jay Lemons, President, Susquehanna University
2 – Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite, President, Centenary College (N.J.)
6 – Wendy Libby, President, Stetson University
Devorah Lieberman, President, University of La Verne
6 – D. Michael Lindsay, President, Gordon College
Brian Linnane, President, Loyola University Maryland
Wallace Loh, President, University of Maryland, College Park
William J. Lowe, Chancellor, Indiana University Northwest
3 – Daniel Lowery, President, Calumet College of St. Joseph
L. Randolph Lowry III, President, Lipscomb University
Bernie Machen, President, University of Florida
3 – Kevin J. Manning, President, Stevenson University (Md.)
Chris Maples, President, Oregon Institute of Technology
Sally Mason, President, University of Iowa
Mike Mastroianni, President, Rock Valley College
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President, Marlboro College
Thayne M. McCulloh, President, Gonzaga University
14 – Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University
Lex O. McMillan, President, Albright College
2 – Robert Mendenhall, President, Western Governors University
Charles R. Middleton, President, Roosevelt University
Cindy Miles, Chancellor, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District (Calif.)
19 – Scott D. Miller, President, Bethany College
Joseph B. Moore, President, Lesley University
Richard A. Moran, President, Menlo College
12 – Robert M. Myers, President, Toccoa Falls College
2 – Janet Napolitano, President, University of California System
19 – Christopher B. Nelson, President, St. John’s College, Annapolis
C.L. Max Nikias, President, University of Southern California
2 – Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Superintendent-President, Long Beach City College (Calif.)
15 – Gary A. Olson, President, Daemen College
2 – Scott Olson, President, Winona State University (Minn.)
10 – Santa J. Ono, President, University of Cincinnati
David Oxtoby, President, Pomona College
Harris Pastides, President, University of South Carolina
10 – Bill R. Path, President, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
2 – Robert W. Pearigen, President, Millsaps College (Miss.)
David W. Pershing, President, University of Utah
G.P.”Bud” Peterson, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
John J. Petillo, President, Sacred Heart University
18 – Daniel R. Porterfield, President, Franklin & Marshall College
Steven Poskanzer, President, Carleton College
Carol E. Quillen, President, Davidson College
Edward J. Ray, President, Oregon State University
Pamela Trotman Reid, President, University of Saint Joseph
3 – Janet Riggs, President, Gettysburg College
Kevin Roberts, President, Wyoming Catholic College
Thomas R. Rochon, President, Ithaca College
2 – Brian Rosenberg, President, Macalester College
32 – Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University
J.D. Rottweiler, President, Cochise College (Ariz.)
2 – John A. Roush, President, Centre College
Kenneth P. Ruscio, President, Washington & Lee University
Lawrence Schall, President, Oglethorpe University
3 – Morton Schapiro, President, Northwestern University
2 – Robert A. Scott, President, Adelphi University
Joel Seligman, President, University of Rochester
Donna Shalala, President, University of Miami
Bruce Shepard, President, Western Washington University
2 – Lou Anna K. Simon, President, Michigan State University
3 – David J. Skorton, President, Cornell University
Thomas J. Snyder, President, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
3 – Michael Sorrell, President, Paul Quinn College
4 – Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., President, Stony Brook University (N.Y.)
Ken Starr, President, Baylor University
3 – Carl J. Strikwerda, President, Elizabethtown (Pa.) College
20 – Dustin Swanger, President, Fulton-Montgomery (N.Y.) Community College
Beck A. Taylor, President, Whitworth University
Matt Thompson, President, Kansas Wesleyan University
2 – William E. Troutt, President, Rhodes College
Steve Turner, President, Northeastern State University (Okla.)
6 – Keith Wade, President & CEO, Webber International University
4 – Adam Weinberg, President, Denison University
2 – Daniel H. Weiss, President, Haverford College
Timothy P. White, Chancellor, California State University System
Wim Wiewel, President, Portland State University
Charles Wight, President, Weber State University (Utah)
3 – Kevin Wildes, President, Loyola University (La.)
Jamie Comstock Williamson, Former President, Winthrop University
David Wilson, President, Morgan State University (Md.)
3 – John Silvanus Wilson, President, Morehouse College
M. Roy Wilson, President, Wayne State University
Phyllis M. Wise, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Timothy M. Wolfe, President, University of Missouri System
3 – Julie Wollman, President, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Robert Wyatt, President, Coker College
3 – Richard E. Wylie, President, Endicott College
3 – Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, State University of New York System