Richard Levin
Richard Levin
Richard Charles Levinis an economist and academic administrator. From 1993 to 2013, he was the 22nd President of Yale University, serving the longest tenure in the school's history. In March 2014, he became Chief Executive Officer of Coursera...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
CountryUnited States of America
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He was a forceful advocate for causes he believed in, ... Sometimes he regarded himself as the conscience of the University.
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Global education is not a zero-sum game. The rise of universities in Asia will be a benefit to the entire world.
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Managing university finances is very tricky business. We're nonprofits. We're not supposed to accumulate large surpluses.
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I think that my job is more to set direction, define objectives and develop strategies for reaching them, ... One takes account of the various constituencies in both shaping that agenda and persuading people about it, but if the primary goal were just balancing off the different interests of people, that would make the job pretty uninteresting.