'Out of the Ashes'

Lyon College’s nontraditional president-elect won the job with a remarkably traditional pitch. The small, private liberal arts college, located in Batesville, Ark., announced Dec. 5 that W. Joseph King will become its next president. King doesn’t have experience as a college president -- nor as a provost, a vice president or a tenured faculty member, for that matter -- but as a consultant, entrepreneur and researcher.