Panel moderator Jodi Kantor during a DealBook task force panel in New York, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By ALINA TUGEND It is a tough time to be a college president. Campus leaders are grappling with declining public trust in the value of a college degree, a society-changing technology in artificial intelligence and, for many, unprecedented attacks by the federal government. “It’s clearly a very challenging moment in higher education,” said Ron Daniels, the...