Sean Decatur, an emerging national leader in higher education, became the nineteenth president of Kenyon College on July 1, 2013. A champion of the liberal arts, President Decatur earned a bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College and a doctorate in biophysical chemistry at Stanford University.
Taking action on climate change will require skillful, creative and analytical problem solving, the ability to integrate information across a range of disciplines, and passion, determination and leadership to identify and advance the issues that are most important.
In addition to continuing the drive to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity at Kenyon, we must recognize that our understanding of diversity must become more textured.
Recently, I visited SXSWedu in Austin, Texas to talk about the future role of liberal arts colleges in society and answer some of the big questions facing college presidents like myself.
Kenyon is dedicated to its core mission of educating students in the liberal arts and sciences. All of us who work, teach and learn here at Kenyon play a role in advancing this mission.
