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February 17, 2000
“Being a dean is like herding a group of cats.”
Stephen J. Kobrin, William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management, on the challenges of leading an academic faculty (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 9)
Originally published on February 17, 2000
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