Ten Interesting President’s Pages…and more
At the Council of Independent Colleges Media Conference on June 27, Roland King moderated a roundtable on developing a President’s Page on college websites to showcase the president’s background, priorities, media placements, and more. His handout, above, includes links to ten interesting president’s pages as idea starters, and also offers navigation suggestions for placement of the page on the institution’s site.
After analyzing dozens of president’s pages at a wide variety of public and private institutions, he also developed a list of 24 possible elements that might be included on the page, with links to examples:
- President’s welcome message (Beacon College)
- Bio
- Full CV
- Media coverage (Macalester College; Grinnell College)
- Photos
- Letters and statements
- Opinion Pieces and columns
- Speeches (video or transcripts)
- President’s campus communications (University of Missouri’s weekly Chancellor’s Update)
- Resources for media (Boston University)
- President’s contact information
- President’s office staff (Washington & Lee University)
- President’s cabinet
- Board of trustees (Stetson University)
- Org chart (Boston University)
- Presidential history/past presidents (Wellesley College)
- Presidential spouse (Lipscomb University)
- President’s blog (Trinity Washington University)
- President’s social media accounts
- Inauguration, for recently-appointed presidents (Pace University)
- Media resources for a newly-appointed president (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Major initiatives/presidential priorities (Columbia University)
- Open office hours (for students)
- Inviting the president to an event (Gonzaga University)
