Purdue’s 12th President in the News

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• 1/25/19 — The State of the Union is a tasteless, classless spectacle. It must go. — The Washington Post
• 12/26/18 — Things really aren't that bad. But we like to think they are. — The Washington Post
• 12/14/18 — College bloat meets 'The Blade' — The Wall Street Journal
• 12/14/18 — Firing Line with Margaret Hoover — PBS
• 11/29/18 — The right way to cut college costs — National Review
• 11/28/18 — For college admissions, let's value grit over GPAs — The Washington Post
• 11/9/18 — As a politician, I vowed not to attack my opponent. Where's that ethos now? — The Washington Post
• 11/6/18 — Time to get some of Washington out of Washington — The Washington Post
• 11/1/18 — Governor Mitch Daniels vs. Purdue University President Mitch Daniels — Urbanophile
• 10/5/18 — I've met people of all stripes. I have my motorcycle to thank. — The Washington Post
• 9/25/18 — Indiana Chamber names Purdue President Mitch Daniels the 2018 Ogletree Deakins Business Leader of the Year — Indiana Chamber
• 9/11/18 — Mitch Daniels is making Purdue more affordable and upping enrollment. Higher-ed purists are aghast. — Forbes
• 8/30/18 — McCain was more modest than his achievements would suggest — FOX Business
• 8/29/18 — Free speech's worst enemies aren't who you'd expect — The Washington Post
• 8/13/18 — Government 'transparency' has gone too far — The Washington Post
• 7/26/18 — The economic fallout from states drowning in debt — FOX Business
• 7/24/18 — Mitch Daniels is the president America should've had — Reason
• 7/23/18 — Connecticut is drowning in debt. Should the rest of us have to pay? — The Washington Post
• 7/13/18 — Why ex-Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels doesn't speak out — Yahoo News
• 6/11/18 — President George H.W. Bush is an extraordinary example for our times — The Washington Post
• 6/7/18 — Not all university presidents are risk-averse and boring — Forbes
• 6/6/18 — That entitlements can is getting heavier, and we're running out of road — The Washington Post
• 5/16/18 — Veteran Affairs' problems are 'genetic', ex-Indiana governor says — FOX Business
• 5/11/18 — Daniels to graduates: 'Boilermakers aren’t made for tribes' — Purdue News Service
• 5/7/18 — Purdue's Mitch Daniels: 'I've never found 'oops' to be a hard word.' — Indianapolis Star
• 5/3/18 — Remarks at the American Federation for Children’s 9th Annual Policy Summit — American Federation for Children
• 5/2/18 — The most successful university president in the country? — National Review
• 5/2/18 — Mitch Daniels has the right stuff for Purdue — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
• 4/20/18 — We won't know how foolish we look until a long time from now — The Washington Post
• 4/13/18 — 5 good minutes with Purdue president Mitch Daniels — The 74 Million
• 4/11/18 — People have too casual attitudes about what data they've given, says Purdue president — CNBC Closing Bell
• 3/29/18 — Mitch Daniels on Big Data and your privacy — FOX News
• 3/27/18 — It's OK to be paranoid. Someone is watching you. — The Washington Post
• 3/23/18 — Purdue's Mitch Daniels on Kaplan acquisition — WGBH Radio (Boston)
• 2/7/18 — Mitch Daniels: Higher education's reformer in chief — The Stream
• 2/6/18 — Health care isn't our only ludicrously expensive industry — The Washington Post
• 2/1/18 — Dear Condoleezza Rice: Good luck fixing the NCAA — The Washington Post
• 1/1/18 — Is GMO opposition immoral? — The Washington Post
• 12/18/17 — Can Mitchonomics fix the broken business of higher ed? — Bloomberg Businessweek
• 12/6/17 — Is anyone ever wrong anymore? — The Washington Post
• 12/3/17 — The people who made a difference in higher ed — for better or worse — The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 11/20/17 — A guide for luring Amazon to your city — and what not to do — The Washington Post
• 10/31/17 — Mitch Daniels and the Purdue Miracle: Lessons for the Rest of Us — Forbes
• 7/18/17 — One university president’s candid take on the future of higher ed — NPR
• 5/22/17 — What community colleges do that universities don’t — TIME
• 5/15/17 — The innovator’s dilemma hits higher ed — The Wall Street Journal
• 5/1/17 — Purdue’s Kaplan purchase: Shoring up the ‘21st-century land-grant mission’ — Campus Technology
• 4/28/17 — Hoosier ingenuity: Purdue does it again — Forbes
• 4/27/17 — Purdue buys Kaplan University, will create new nonprofit chain — Inside Higher Ed
• 4/27/17 — Purdue U. buys mega for-profit Kaplan U., plans to turn it into a ‘public university’ — The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 4/27/17 — Purdue University to acquire Kaplan University — The Wall Street Journal
• 2/21/17 — Paying for tax reform: Mitch Daniels — CNBC Squawk Box
• 2/16/17 — Purdue’s Daniels sees border tax as part of growth policy — Bloomberg
• 1/7/17 — Mitch Daniels: DeVos qualified for the job — MSNBC
• 1/6/17 — Daniels: Indiana’s health care system ‘entirely practical’ — Bloomberg
• 1/5/17 — A conversation with Gov. Mitch Daniels — George W. Bush Presidential Center
• 12/28/16 — Clock is ticking on federal debt: Mitch Daniels — CNBC
• 11/22/16 — Purdue President Mitch Daniels and a turkey join us — Bob and Tom
• 11/07/16 — Gov. Mitch Daniels on the election — CNBC Squawk on the Street
• 9/27/16 — Wall Street Journal ranks Purdue as a top college — Journal and Courier
• 9/13/16 — Washington’s Wake-Up Call: Sky-high debt and dismal growth are testing Americans’ faith in democracy — The Wall Street Journal
• 9/8/16 — US drowning in national debt? — CNBC Squawk Box
• 8/4/16 — Daniels Honored for Public-Private Prowess — Inside Indiana Business
• 7/5/16 — ‘Live From the Aspen Ideas Festival’ Edition — Slate Political Gabfest
• 6/15/16 — Purdue has the president America needs — The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune
• 6/9/16 — Mitch Daniels named a Living Legend — Indianapolis Star
• 5/26/16 — Purdue President Mitch Daniels ’71 discusses liberal arts learning, education inequality — Daily Princetonian
• 5/18/16 — Mitch Daniels ‘Callous, Heartless and Cruel’ Anti-GMO Activists — National Review
• 5/17/16 — Mitch Daniels is still being asked to run for president and he still says no — WTTV
• 5/13/16 — President Daniels to graduates: Never forget those who helped, but your successes, failures are your own — Purdue News Service
• 5/7/16 — Purdue invests in students with Back a Boiler-ISA Fund — Indianapolis Business Journal
• 5/6/16 — Purdue’s ‘Back a Boiler’ fires up for fall — Journal and Courier
• 5/2/16 — What Hoosiers can tell America about turning around a struggling economy — The Wall Street Journal
• 4/28/16 — Purdue Day of Giving has record-breaking year — WLFI
• 4/21/16 — Purdue Introduces New Way to Reduce Student Debt — WNYC Public Radio
• 4/20/16 — Purdue announces 5th tuition freeze — Journal and Courier
• 4/8/16 — Getting a Student Loan with Collateral from a Future Job — The New York Times
• 4/5/16 —Facing US exploding debt dilemma — CNBC
• 3/29/16 — Some investors, universities see a return in fronting students’ tuition — The Hechinger Report
• 3/20/16 — Notable & Quotable: Mitch Daniels on Anti-GMO Cruelty — The Wall Street Journal
• 3/10/16 — Future Focus: Daniels Tackles Higher Ed Topics — BizVoice Magazine 
• 2/25/16 — Purdue Daniels says ag community must refute claims against GMOs — Agri-Pulse
• 2/17/16 — Survey: Former NCAA athletes fare well, but some males in pain — USA Today
• 1/16/16 — Bangert: An annual earful from Mitch Daniels — Journal and Courier
• 12/25/15 — In tough times, colleges turn to unconventional leaders — PBS Newshour
• 12/18/15 — American higher education is a house divided — The Washington Post
• 12/11/15 — Purdue Students as Investments? Here’s How It Might Work — Chronicle of Higher Education
• 11/30/15 — Aspen Institute Launches New Initiative on Future of Work and Capitalism — Aspen Institute
• 11/11/15 — An Adult on Campus: Mitch Daniels offers a lesson to college administrators — The Wall Street Journal
• 11/11/15 — The Role of Public Universities in Making College Affordable — NPR Here & Now
• 11/10/15 — Important GOP debate topic will be plan for growing economy again — Fox Business
• 11/6/15 — Daniels’ trip takes Purdue-India relationship to new level — Purdue News Service
• 11/4/15 — American Academy of Arts and Sciences Establishes the Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education — American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 11/4/15 — Another Commission Will Take On the Future of Higher Education — Chronicle of Higher Education
• 11/2/15 — Drawing linkages between academia, firms — Financial Chronicle (India)
• 10/26/15 — President Daniels heads to China and India — WLFI
• 10/22/15 — Daniels to encourage partnerships, stronger ties during trip to India, Hong Kong — Purdue News Service
• 10/19/15 — Mitch Daniels Finds Good Food and a Willingness to Change at Purdue — Chronicle of Higher Education
• 10/16/15 — Class of 2040: What Will They Learn and At What Cost? — American Council of Trustees and Alumni
• 10/16/15 — Mitch Daniels on College Affordability — C-SPAN: Washington Journal
• 10/13/15 — Purdue Makes Major New Investments in the Life Sciences — Houston Chronicle
• 10/9/15 — Purdue’s $2B question: Are you ‘Ever True’? — Journal and Courier
• 10/9/15 — Purdue launches $2.019 billion ‘Ever True’ campaign — Purdue News Service
• 10/2/15 — Purdue President Mitch Daniels comments on Arne Duncan’s decision to step down — Purdue News Service
• 10/1/15 — Purdue President and Students Join Forces for Free Speech on Campus — FIRE
• 10/1/15 — Improve the terrible student-loan system with private investors, Purdue’s Mitch Daniels tells Congress — The College Fix
• 9/30/15 — College costs aren’t always worth it, alumni say, so think before borrowing — The Washington Post
• 9/30/15 — Daniels asks Congress to reform higher education financing — Purdue News Service
• 9/29/15 — Recent Grads Doubt College’s Worth — The Wall Street Journal
• 9/29/15 — Gallup-Purdue: Debt delays grads’ ambitions — Journal and Courier
• 9/29/15 — Second Gallup-Purdue Index asks: Is college worth the cost? — Purdue News Service
• 9/28/15 — How colleges can measure up in teaching ‘critical thinking’ — Christian Science Monitor
• 9/23/15 — Rolls-Royce First Business to Take Off at Purdue Aerospace District — San Francisco Chronicle
• 9/16/15 — Arne Duncan: US education is falling behind — Journal and Courier
• 9/14/15 — Mitch and Me — Indy Politics
• 9/12/15 — Monetizing Higher Education: Can Investors Replace Government Lenders? — Barron’s
• 9/12/15 — How to Measure a College’s Value — Frank Bruni, The New York Times
• 9/5/15 — Growing the Next Generation — PBS The Open Mind
• 8/27/15 — Solutions to student debt: Purdue University President — CNBC
• 8/21/15 — Purdue Seeks Partner For Student Fund — Inside Indiana Business
• 8/20/15 — Could income-share agreements help solve the student debt crisis? — The Washington Post
• 8/16/15 — Purdue generates more patents than Harvard, Duke — Northwest Indiana Times
• 8/16/15 — Mitch Daniels on Making Government Work — Conversations with Bill Kristol
• 8/8/15 — Purdue preparing novel way to fund college — Indianapolis Star
• 8/5/15 — More College Students Selling Stock — in Themselves — The Wall Street Journal
• 7/31/15 — Pulliam: Mitch Daniels’ influence grows — Indianapolis Star
• 7/28/15 — Mitch Daniels to help lead Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget — Indianapolis Star
• 7/21/15 — The Most Important Governor Isn’t Running — Politico Magazine
• 7/7/15 — Statements on the passing of former trustee Michael Birck — Purdue News Service
• 7/3/15 — Statement from Purdue President Mitch Daniels on passing of Wayne Townsend — Purdue News Service
• 6/28/15 — Purdue charter holds great promise for Indy — Indianapolis Star
• 6/28/15 — Sweet Briar’s Second Chance — The Wall Street Journal
• 6/19/15 — Purdue’s Indianapolis charter a pipeline to university — Indianapolis Star
• 6/18/15 — This Is What ‘Greenfield’ Education Looks Like — Education Week
• 6/18/15 — Purdue plans high-tech Indianapolis charter high school — Chalkbeat Indiana
• 6/18/15 — Purdue to open Indianapolis high school — WRTV
• 6/3/15 — Rutgers should take a page out of Purdue’s book and commit to lower tuition — New Jersey Star-Ledger
• 6/3/15 — Mitch Daniels: It’s not hard keeping tuition flat and quality high — The College Fix
• 5/26/15 — Voices: Offended? One university prez says, ‘Deal with it’ — USA Today
• 5/23/15 — The drive to save free speech on America’s campuses — New York Post
• 5/19/15 — Trigger warnings, colleges, and the ‘Swaddled Generation’ — The Washington Post
• 5/15/15 — Purdue Takes A Stand For Free Speech, No Matter How Offensive Or Unwise — Huffington Post
• 5/15/15 — Last call for Purdue tuition freeze? — Journal and Courier
• 5/13/15 — Daniels Says NCAA Needs Dramatic Reform To Head Off Congress And Courts — Huffington Post
• 5/7/15 — Purdue President Mitch Daniels discusses student debt — WXIN
• 5/7/15 — Why Mitch Daniels is staying at Purdue — Indianapolis Star
• 5/5/15 — Purdue University president on student debt — Fox Opening Bell
• 4/28/15 — GCTV — Future of Higher Education Mitch Daniels — Milken Institute Global Conference
• 4/28/15 — Op-ed: What a ‘Day of Giving’ means for Purdue — Journal and Courier
• 4/24/15 — How to Save American Colleges — The Wall Street Journal
• 4/26/15 — Weekend with Mitch — Library of Law and Liberty
• 4/21/15 — Purdue to buy Lafayette Aviation, establish technology park — WTHR
• 4/16/15 — Keynote: Global Food Security Symposium 2015 — Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• 4/13/15 — Gallup-Purdue’s recipe for on-time graduation — Journal and Courier
• 4/11/15 — Mitch Daniels, a Potential GOP Front-Runner, Won’t Run — Barron’s
• 4/5/15 — Mitch Daniels: Feds should ‘modernize its rules’ to help make higher ed affordable — Red Alert Politics
• 3/30/15 — President issues statement affirming University’s commitment to nondiscrimination policy — Purdue News Service
• 3/26/15 — Daniels among World’s Greatest Leaders — Fortune
• 3/20/15 — ‘Bet on a Boiler’? What's the catch? — Journal and Courier
• 3/18/15 — Should students risk debt to go to college? — MSNBC Morning Joe
• 3/17/15 — President Mitch Daniels discusses federal budget debt — CNBC Squawk Box
• 3/17/15 — Higher education reform: Affordability, accountability, and value — Brookings Institute
• 3/17/15 — Daniels wants to try alternative student loan — Lafayette Journal and Courier
• 3/17/15 — Daniels testifies at ‘Strengthening America’s Higher Education System’ hearing — Congressional Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
• 3/16/16 — Mitch Daniels brought thick skin to Purdue job — Indianapolis Star
• 2/27/15 — President Mitch Daniels’ statement on the death of the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh — Purdue News Service
• 2/24/15 — Daniels, NASA official discuss mission to Mars — Journal & Courier
• 2/18/15 — Lilly Endowment makes $40M donation to Purdue University — Indianapolis Star
• 2/18/15 — Daniels: Funding Fuels The ‘Coming Thing’ — Inside Indiana Business
• 2/5/15 — States, Not Feds, Should Offer Free Community College — With All Due Respect, Bloomberg
• 2/4/15 — Purdue University freezes tuition for at least three years — The Willis Report, Fox Business
• 2/3/15 — State of Manufacturing: Purdue University Kickoff Fires Up the Next Generation — Shopfloor
• 2/3/15 — Purdue University takes steps to cut college costs — Opening Bell, Fox Business
• 2/2/15 — Purdue University in second year of an least 3-year tuition freeze — Cavuto, Fox Business
• 2/1/15 — Amazon Makes a Push on College Campuses — The Wall Street Journal
• 1/28/15 — Staggering student debt stifles economy — CNBC
• 1/27/15 — Commentary: How Student Debt Harms the Economy — The Wall Street Journal
• 12/18/14 — Commentary: Purdue working to provide value — Indy Star
• 11/13/14 — More college students should have internships — Christian Science Monitor
• 9/23/14 — Big Ten college tour — C-SPAN
• 8/24/14  — Is Mitch Daniels the New College President Model? — National Review
• 8/12/14 — Purdue Makes 3-Year Degree an Option for Some Students — USA Today
• 8/10/14 — How Purdue is reinventing the American university — Chicago Tribune
• 7/28.14 — Mitch Daniels Is Fighting College Inflation — National Review
• 7/25/14 — At Purdue, a Case Study in Cost Cuts — The Wall Street Journal
• 5/14/14 — If Purdue can freeze tuition, so can others — USA Today Editorial Board
• 5/8/14 — Study measuring value of college prizes engagement over elite for long-term well-being — PBS NewsHour
• 5/6/14 — Elite Colleges Don’t Buy Happiness for Graduates — The Wall Street Journal
• 5/6/14 — College grad survey aims to hold schools accountable — USA Today
• 2/17/14 — Painting of Washington celebrated — Purdue Marketing and Media
• 1/16/14 — Daniels discusses costs of higher education — Daily Rundown, MSNBC
• 12/15/13 — Commencement remarks by Indiana Supreme Court Justice Loretta Rush — Purdue News Service
• 10/7/13 — Daniels, GE’s Immelt hold public discussion on innovation, talent — Purdue News Service
• 9/25/13 — A Report Card on Education Reform — Economix, The New York Times
• 9/26/13 — 3 Leaders on Education Reform, Continued — Economix, The New York Times
• 9/20/13 — President Daniels interviewed on Capitol Gains — Bloomberg TV
• 9/20/13 — President Daniels on Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough — MSNBC
• 8/3/13 — Renowned Purdue poet keynotes university’s summer commencement — Purdue News Service
• 8/3/13 — Transcript of Marianne Boruch’s commencement address — Purdue News Service
• 6/12/13 — As college tuition increases, student enrollment decreases — The Daily Rundown, MSNBC
• 5/10/13 — Daniels to grads: World may be uncertain but Boilermakers shouldn’t be — Purdue News Service
• 5/5/13 — Statement from Mitch Daniels on death of Otis Bowen — Purdue News Service
• 4/2/13 — Purdue’s Outsider — Inside Higher Ed
• 3/14/15 — President Daniels Joins Energy Systems Network Board of Directors — Energy Systems Network (ESN)
• 3/8/13 — He’s Not ‘Governor’ or ‘President,’ Just Mitch — WIBC
• 2/23/13 — Daniels honored with Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson Award — Princeton University
• 2/21/13 — Daniels to co-chair national human spaceflight committee — Purdue News Service
• 1/17/13 — Mitch Daniels, the one who got away — The Washington Post
• 1/14/13 — Mitch Daniels faces host of issues on Purdue campus — (Bloomington, IN) Herald Times Online
• 1/13/13 — 6 issues awaiting Mitch Daniels at Purdue — Indianapolis Star
• 12/15/12 — Daniels speaks at Indiana University Commencement — Purdue News Service
• 8/17/12 — Daniels — a man of the students — Purdue Exponent
• 8/13/12 — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels already is very visible at Purdue University — Indianapolis Star
• 7/26/12 — Daniels: Purdue Strikes Proper Academics-Athletics Balance — WIBC Radio, Indianapolis
• 7/14/12 — Daniels’ plans for Purdue will range wide — Indianapolis Business Journal
• 7/8/12 — Note to Purdue students and faculty: You can influence Daniels with right approach — Louisville Courier-Journal
• 7/7/12 — Daniels can lead beyond Purdue — Indianapolis Business Journal
• 6/25/12 — Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke believes Gov. Mitch Daniels is right choice — Indianapolis Star
• 6/21/12 — Trustees elect Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. as Purdue’s 12th president — Purdue University

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