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Acting on promise : reflections of a university president / Robert J. Bruce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruce, Robert J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Administration.
- College presidents--United States.
- College presidents.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Polyglot Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1. From V.P. to president
- 2. Creating a leadership team
- 3. Restructuring the university and academic governance
- 4. Planning and strategic thinking
- 5. Managing the enterprise
- 6. Expanding the academic framework
- 7. The school of law
- 8. Law school expands to Harrisburg
- 9. Holistic baccalaureate education
- 10. Faculty rights and responsibilities
- 11. Heart of the enterprise : students
- 12. Intercollegiate athletics
- 13. Political and civic engagement
- 14. Commencement
- 15. Friends and colleagues : board of trustees
- 16. Private side of the presidency.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-248) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781411599833
- 1411599837
- OCLC:
- 225846727
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