Wayne State's next president will be faced with a rigorous learning curve -Chad Halcom, Crain's Detroit

The 12th president of Wayne State University, expected to be named soon, faces a challenge over a decade in the making -- reversing several performance declines, including falling enrollment and a six-year graduation rate that recently tumbled below 30 percent. Fall enrollment numbers also have declined each year since 2009, the Michigan Legislature is growing weary of underperformance, and an often adversarial internal culture persists. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130601/NEWS/306029985/degree-of-difficulty-managing-the-culture-clashes-of-academia#