U.S. college and university presidents are older and staying on the job longer than at any other time in the past 20 years, according to results of a new study from the American Council on Education. The data suggest a coming "changing of the guard" in campus leadership, but the study's authors say the implications for racial and gender diversity at the presidential level remain unclear. Since 1986, the average age of a college president has increased from 52.3 years to 59.9 years and the average time in office has increased from 6.3 years to 8.5 years. The proportion of presidents age 61 or older grew from 14 percent in 1986 to 49 percent in 2006, suggesting that many institutions will lose their presidents to retirement in coming years. The report also found that growth in the percentage of presidents who are women or members of ethnic or racial minority groups has been slow, especially over the past 10 years. For more information, please visit http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=384