Leading the modern university : York University's presidents on continuity and change, 1974-2014 / edited by Lorna R. Marsden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsden, Lorna R., author, editor.

Macdonald, H. Ian (Hugh Ian), author.

Arthurs, H. W. (Harry William), 1935- author.

Mann, Susan, 1941- author.

Shoukri, Mamdouh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

York University (Toronto, Ont.)--History.

York University (Toronto, Ont.).

York University (Toronto, Ont.)--Presidents.

College presidents--Ontario--Toronto--History.

College presidents.

Universities and colleges--Ontario--Toronto--History.

Universities and colleges.

Presidents.

History.

Ontario--Toronto.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 227 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Founded in 1959, York University is now the second largest university in Ontario and third largest university in Canada. However, starting in the 1970s the success of the university was far from guaranteed. Leading the Modern University documents the challenges and solutions that five successive university presidents (H. Ian Macdonald, Harry Arthurs, Susan Mann, Lorna Marsden, and Mamdouh Shoukri) encountered from the very early 1970s up to 2014. This book is the rare occurrence where a series of university presidents describe and analyze the challenges they faced regarding financing, morale crises, and succession. With each president contributing a chapter, covering her or his own years in office, Leading the Modern University reveals that large public institutions have internal dynamics and external forces that supersede any individual leader's years in office. This is a case study for those interested in organizational change as seen by the leadership of a major public institution during a dynamic period in higher education."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Background to the events of 1973 at York University / Lorna R. Marsden

York University, 1974-84 (as seen through the eyes of a President) / H. Ian Macdonald

"The economy is the secret police of our desires": York University, 1985-92 / Harry Arthurs

Tales of York, 1992-97 / Susan Mann

Years of transition, 1997-2007 / Lorna R. Marsden

This is our time: into a new era at York University, 2007-14 / Mamdouh Shoukri

York's crises resolved: the future is secure / Lorna R. Marsden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-218) and index.

ISBN:

9781442648753

1442648759

OCLC:

950057258