Peter McPherson is president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A?P?L?U), the nation’s oldest higher education association comprised of public research universities, land-grant institutions, and state university systems. A?P?L?U member campuses enroll more than 3.5 million undergraduate and 1.1 million graduate students, employ more than 645,000 faculty members, and conduct nearly two-thirds of all academic research, totaling more ...