Leaders in the labyrinth : college presidents and the battleground of creeds and convictions / Stephen J. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Stephen James, 1947-

Series:

American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College presidents--Professional ethics--United States.

College presidents.

Education, Higher--United States--Administration.

Education, Higher.

Professional ethics.

United States.

Administration.

College presidents--United States--Interviews.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 228 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger Pub., 2007.

Summary:

Leaders in the Labyrinth provides essential information for those who aspire to assume academic leadership in the future, including trustees, administrators, and alumni leaders.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-224) and index.

ISBN:

9780275997922

0275997928

OCLC:

85833351