There are more than 1,000 miles between this idyllic college town and Madison, Wis., but that distance must seem even greater in Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin?s rearview mirror.
The nearly yearlong roar of protesters in Madison, where Ms. Martin had a relatively short and rocky tenure as head of the state?s flagship campus, has been replaced with the calm that whispers through Amherst College like one of Emily Dickinson?s tamer verses.