Dive Brief:

• In an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mariko Silver talks about becoming the new president of Bennington College at 36 and the challenges of following a president with a 25-year tenure.
• Silver says that her age hasn't come up as much as she thought it would and that she can use it to her advantage in relating to students and younger faculty.
• She also talks about the college's place on the American Association of University Professors' censure list over its firing 20 years ago of a group of professors and says she's open to talking to the association.

Dive Insight:

Former faculty members sued the school in 1996 after they were dismissed in a restructuring that demolished the school's tenure system. Twelve professors received a settlement of almost $2 million in 2000, along with an apology.