One Tough Lesson Plan

摘要

During a 20-year military career that included three tours of combat in Vietnam, David Moore learned the meaning of calculated risk. As a captain he was assigned to lead a convoy of mounted vehicles to clear roads for larger units. He trained his 500 soldiers in how to detect snipers and booby traps, react to enemy fire and follow an exit strategy. Despite being ambushed by the Viet Cong, Moore managed to open 300 miles of roads and keep all but five of his men alive. Handy survivor skills for a civvy, too. As cofounder and chief executive of Corinthian Colleges, one of the nation's largest post-secondary education companies (64 campuses in 21 states), Moore oversees 4,800 faculty and staff and more than 34,000 students. He's still in combat mode, whether he's battling oppressive government regulation, winning over a recalcitrant seller of a school or dealing with self-inflicted mistakes.