Presidencies derailed : why university leaders fail and how to prevent it / Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Grady Bogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trachtenberg, Stephen Joel, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College presidents.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

xi, 163 pages; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, [2013]

Summary:

In this mordant account of why university presidents fail, these authors show us why leadership in higher education is fraught with peril. Relying on first-hand testimonies from "derailed" university presidents, sixteen case studies in four sectors of higher education, and reviews of the scholarly literature on leadership failures in the public and private sectors, this book shows how good presidencies go bad. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Grady Bogue organize, classify, and explain patterns of leadership failures and offer key advice on how institutions, their boards, and their leaders can avoid these acrimonious battles. Presidencies Derailed provides a menu of best practices designed to forestall, if not prevent, future leadership failures. With incisive commentary drawn on years of insider experience, this book offers clear examples of derailments and precise advice on how to avoid these institutional disasters at research universities, liberal arts colleges, master's level institutions, and even community colleges. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Themes of Presidential Derailment 1

Part I Presidents Off-Track

2 Presidential Derailments at Private Liberal Arts Institutions / Jason McNeal McNeal, Jason 21

3 Presidential Derailments at Public Master's Level Institutions / Julie Longmire Longmire, Julie 35

4 Presidential Derailments at Public Research Universities / Keith Carver Carver, Keith 50

5 Presidential Derailments at Community Colleges / Leigh Ann Touzeau Touzeau, Leigh Ann 60

6 Firsthand Experiences of Derailed Presidents 71

Part II Averting the Train Wreck

7 The Upstream Solution: More Thoughtful Academic Searches 97

8 Board Dynamics: A Piece of the Presidential Derailment Puzzle 111

9 Lessons Learned about Presidential Derailments 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421410241

1421410249

OCLC:

827197387