college presidents and the battleground of creeds and convictions /
Stephen J. Nelson.
Westport, CT :
Praeger Pub.,
2007.
xxviii, 228 pages ;
25 cm.
American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.
Presidential leadership: navigating climate and challenges -- The hunt for dollars: appealing to constituents and critics -- Presidential engagements and entanglements: the university tackles the wider world -- Inheriting the wind: institutional stories and the shoulders of predecessors -- The contest for the middle: can the center hold? -- The dilemmas of diversity -- Political rightness and ideology: the battleground in and around the academy's walls -- The courage to hold the center: balancing convictions and passionate intensity -- Presidential imprints: securing the academic core from threats within and without -- Life in the bully pulpit: choices and dilemmas -- The present and the future: presidential prospects -- The presidential post: inside the job -- The future presidency: guardian of the soul of the university.
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Leaders in the labyrinth.
College presidents-- Professional ethics-- United States.
College presidents-- United States, Interviews.
Education, Higher-- United States-- Administration.