美国教育委员会主席David Ward概括了Spectrum Initiative的四个主要目标是：拓宽并加强女性和少数族裔在高等教育领域内迈向更高的高级领导职位的通道；确保校长征选过程更加具有包容性；促进在职的领导层的领导力发展、指导和继任规划；去除来自于各种背景之下的对大学校长和高级领导成员的种种不实之词和迷信。David Ward. Diversifying and enhancing the next generation of campus leaders. The Presidency, 2008 Winter: 5-6.
康奈尔大学荣休校长Frank H. T. Rhodes在“校长的艺术”一文中说：“大学的传统美德——理性、诚信、公正、尊敬、教养、共享、规训和勤劳——是那些成功的大学校长将要拥抱和践行的价值……校长是一所大学的价值观的个性化体现。成功的大学校长视此为义不容辞的责任。”(the traditional virtues of the academy – reason, integrity, fairness, respect, civility, community, discipline, and industry – are values that the successful president will embrace and embody…… the president is the personal embodiment of the institution’s values. The successful president accepts that high obligation) cited from Frank H. T. Rhodes. The art of the presidency. The Presidency, Spring 1998.
杜克大学校长Nannerl O. Keohane在“给校长更多的权利？”一文中说：“我们的目标应该是通过严肃认真地-而不是装模作样地-与其他的负有责任呢或对我们的学校感兴趣的人戮力同心地合作来行使我们当政的权利，并整合来自各方的观点形成一个照顾到所有人利益的愿景……除非这个目标时刻在后面激励着我们的工作，否则我们将形不成愿景，也不能够服务好我们的学校。”（Our goal should be to use the power of our office in serious – not cosmetic – collaboration with others who have the responsibilities and interests in our institutions and to bring the partial views in a vision of common good……[U]nless this goal stands behind and inspire our work, we will be deficient in our vision and unable to serve our institutions well.） cited from Nannerl O. Keohane. More power to the president? The Presidency, Fall 1998.
加利福尼亚大学校长Clark Kerr在“过去的胜利，未来的挑战”一文中说：“校长最大的任务-以及做大的机遇-是顾问。校长是学校里唯一一个有机会顾问到每一个人的人；这也是他或她尝试着去凝聚共识，或者至少取得赞同的方法。”（The president’s biggest job – and greatest opportunity – is consultation. The president is the only person on campus who has the opportunity to consult with everyone; it’s his or her way of trying to gain consensus, or at least consent.）cited from Clark Kerr. Past triumphs, future challenges. The Presidency, Winter 1999.
布朗大学校长Ruth Simmons在“创新教育：从精英到无类”一文说：“我们一定要放缓各种束手束脚的精英战略，他常常束缚了我们做好事的潜力，并要重新打起精神来，在服务于更广泛的世界的过程中继续我们对知识的探索。”（We must mitigate the elitist strategies that have so often hampered our potential to do good, and reinvigorate our search for knowledge in the service of wilder world.） Ruth Simmons. Reinventing education: from elitist to unlimited. The Presidency, Spring 2008. |
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