Editorials, commentary, and views

• For College Endowments, Ethical Stands Can Be Complicated - March 18, 2013, Chronicle of Higher Education
• Minnesota's Future Hinges on Education - March 13, 2013, Star Tribune
• Tips From Dad, the College President, on Making the Most of a Campus Visit - March 6, 2013, The Choice, The New York Times
• Ozzie, Harriet, and James B. Conant - Feb. 22, 2013, Chronicle of Higher Education
  A column by President Rosenberg on the role of college presidents
• Too Many College Students? Hardly - July 26, 2012, Chronicle of Higher Education
  President Rosenberg's response to Peter Wood
• To Lend or Not to Lend? - May 12, 2009, Inside Higher Ed
  A column by President Rosenberg about the role of student loans in financial aid

Writing on The Huffington Post Blog

• Ignorance About Education - Jan. 30, 2013
• A Pledge - Dec. 17, 2012
• Society is Killing Schools' Ability to Encourage Creativity - Dec. 7, 2012
• Lost in Translation - July 18, 2012
• Mr. Bennett and Mr. Bumble - March 26, 2012
• What Higher Education Can Learn From Steve Jobs - Nov. 9, 2011
• Will Dropouts Save America? No. - Oct. 27, 2011
• Connecting the Dots - Oct. 18, 2011
• The Most Powerful Figure in the Republican Party - July 7, 2011
• Ignorant and Free - June 14, 011
• Hard Times for These Times - May 19, 2011
• Education and the National Debt - April 21, 2011
• Why Does College Cost So Much? - March 29, 2011

“Household Words” in Macalester Today

(President Rosenberg's column from the alumni magazine Macalester Today)

• Macalester Tomorrow - Winter 2013
• Educating Minnesota - Fall 2012
• Being Clever, Being Kind - Summer 2012
• A Column About Nothing - Spring 2012
• Thank You for Stepping Forward - Winter 2012
• Remembering John B. Davis - Fall 2011
• Confessions of a Reluctant Blogger - Summer 2011
• Sixty-Five Percent - Spring 2011
• On Planning and Prudence - Winter 2011
• A Gentle and Generous Man - Fall 2010
• Commencement Remarks - Summer 2010
• From St. Paul to Seoul - Spring 2010
• What Am I Doing Here? - Winter 2010

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The Hidden Beauty of the World - Fall 2009

A Pause for Student Appreciation - Spring 2009

Through the Looking Glass - Winter 2009

Why We Step Forward - Fall 2008

Logic, Loans and Access - Summer 2008

In Defense of Boredom - Spring 2008

Myths and Realities of the Macalester Endowment - Winter 2007

The Great Ratings Debate - Fall 2007

Land of dreams or darkling plain?: Macalester and environmental responsibility - Summer 2007

'More precious than rubies': The purposes of higher education - Spring 2007

Of x-ray diffractometers and other abstruse matters - Winter 2006

Higher education and democracy - Fall 2006

Let's hear it for students who care about citizenship - Summer 2006

The value and challenge of study away - Spring 2006

'Charter'd Streets': Macalester and the City - Winter 2005

Citizenship and Community at Macalester - Fall 2005

Understanding the 'liberal' in liberal arts - Summer 2005

The role of athletics and recreation at Macalester - Spring 2005

The state of civil society at Macalester - Winter 2004

Macalester's Commitment to Quality and Access - Fall 2004

Negotiating the 'creative tensions' at Macalester - Spring 2004

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Speeches

• A Tale of Two Cities - June 2011
  President Rosenberg's Remarks at Reunion 2011
• What Am I Doing Here? - Sept. 10, 2009
  President Rosenberg's Opening Convocation Speech - Listen
  
• Transformative Power: Macalester’s Mission and Purpose - March 6, 2004
  President Rosenberg's Inaugural Address