President Richard Saller

About President Saller: Richard Saller is the Interim President of Stanford University. He is a Roman historian interested in the social, economic, and cultural history of the Roman Empire. He has served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, and as Provost of the University of Chicago.

Talk title: What’s wrong with elite universities?
Over the past year elite universities (including Stanford) have drawn a litany of criticisms: identity politics, hypocrisy about free speech, fraudulent research, restrictions on the size of undergraduate enrollment, and more. Some of these criticisms have more substance than others. How do I as President of Stanford view the criticisms?