I Wasn’t Meant to Lead Their System. I Was Meant to Reimagine It
Written by Dr. Melik Peter Khoury
Higher education believes it is under attack from politics, funding challenges, and demographic shifts. But the most serious threat is internal. The pressure is not just coming from the outside. The resistance is embedded within the system itself, and it shows up every time a leader tries to do what the future demands.
I have lived that tension. I have built during it. And I have outgrown it.
What began as an improbable presidency has become something much larger than personal trajectory. It is now a working case study in how to scale an institution in a sector defined by scarcity and inertia. It is a lived blueprint for what it takes to lead when tradition and transformation are locked in daily battle. I was not supposed to last in this role. I was not invited into the room. But I didn’t show up to prove I belonged in their system. I came to build the one that comes next.
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