I’ve already written about college presidents who blogged. I even interviewed Michael Crow, ASU president, when he started his blog: The President Post.
However, this is the first time I stumbled upon a president vlogging (or video blogging) on YouTube… and Dickinson College‘s President Durden does a pretty good job at it in “Dickinson takes on U.S. News Ranking system.”
Posted Monday, the 6-minute video (probably a tiny bit too long) features President Durden in his office explaining us his “distaste” with the US News and World Report College Ranking system.
The topic is timely, and the president dressed casually almost looks like your typical YouTuber.
This video is part of a series about the State of the College 2007 Update available on Dickinson College’s YouTube channel along with close to 100 videos.
My only problem with the video is that it lacks some context when it’s embedded (the college name and its website address should be included in the video itself at the beginning and the end)
What do you think? Does YOUR president have videos on YouTube? Let me know by posting a comment below or emailing me at karine@collegewebeditor.com I’d love to feature more.
What a great idea!!!!!
My former insitution, University of Illinois at Springfield, did put a video of the Chancellor on YouTube. They originally had rankings enabled, and it was getting nothing but 1 star ratings. They disabled the ratings, and since then have pulled the video off of YouTube. Doesn’t seem like it worked too well for UIS.