It seems like a strange moment to degrade the job of college or university presidents by imposing a cloak of silence on them when leaders of corporations and other institutions are called upon to engage in public discourse. I created and run the nation’s first school for college and university presidents with roughly 100 participants a year for over ten years and find they value this part of their job, even if it is not easy. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In a misguided effort to lower the temperature of conflict on campuses and save university presidents from being a punching bag for every corner of society, more than 20 schools have adopted institutional neutrality rules since last year’s Oct.