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No Time for Timidity

Trusteeship
May/June
2009
Number: 
3
Volume: 
17
By 
Richard A. Hesel, David W. Strauss, and Benjamin G. Edwards

What Would Warren Buffett do? the counterintuitive approach of the world's greatest value investor may be the best hope for colleges and universities during this recession. Buffett's time-tested philosophy of seeking value and investing for the long term remains a sound approach, even if his short-term returns have declined along with those of the rest of the world in the current downturn.

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Trusteeship Links

Stephen Pelletier, "Toward Transformative Change: Finding a Path to Systemic Reform." March/April 2009. Scott S. Cowen, "Coping with a Man-Made Crisis: Lessons from Katrina." March/April 2009. Jackie Jenkins-Scott, "Creating a Desired Future." January/February 2008. Barbara Hill, Madeleine Green, and Peter Eckel, "Navigating the Currents of Change." September/October 2001.

About the Author: 

Richard A. Hesel, David W. Strauss, and Benjamin G. Edwards are principals in Art & Science Group, a higher-education strategy consulting firm based in Baltimore, MD, and Chapel hill, NC.