The stories about college presidents in this volume are intended to support the presumption that moral leadership is a fundamental criterion and expectation of those who serve as college presidents. The chapters are: (1) "The Moral Leadership of College Presidents"; (2) "Presidential Perspectives: The Shape of Their Voice"; (3) "Architects of the College Mission"; (4) "Shaping Student Character"; (5) "Critical Issues in the Academy: Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Diversity"; (6) "Hopes for Democracy"; (7) "The Milieu of Social and Political Issues"; (8) "The University and the World"; (9) "Ideological Battles and the Soul of the Academy: The Burden of the Presidential Pulpit"; and (10) "The Presidency in the Crucible." (Contains 209 references.) (SLD)