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What is the most embattled group of chief executives in America right now? Not Big Pharma bosses — their moment has passed. Not tech bros, because for every Elon there is a Satya. Not bankers because, well, embattled is their permanent state of being. Nope, over the last few months the CEOs feeling the big heat have been … college presidents? Wait, you say, most don’t have the actual title of chief executive — they are “chief administrators” or some such. To which I reply, why? And I am not the only one. The recently deposed Claudine Gay of Harvard ran a shop with 22,000 customers (what were called “students” in my day), a $6 billion budget, and 1,600 staff and faculty. Reportedly at a salary just south of a cool million — that screams CEO to me.

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