The Kirwan Years / Chris Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College presidents--Ohio--Columbus--Biography.

College presidents.

Ohio State University--History.

Ohio State University.

Ohio State University--Presidents--Biography.

Kirwan, W. E. (William English), 1938-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014

Summary:

Starting under President Edward Jennings and continuing under Gordon Gee, The Ohio State University began a long-term drive to match the school's ranking in football with a commensurate reputation for academic excellence. Initiatives to admit better-prepared students, attract and retain world-class faculty, and build highly rated programs were promising, but the university needed a broad strategy to coordinate these and other initiatives into a focused approach. Enter President William "Brit" Kirwan, who understood this need perfectly and whose major legacy became widely known as the Academic Plan. This document became and remains the centerpiece of Ohio State's agenda, with budget and other priorities emanating from its six strategies and 14 initiatives. Continuing the Ohio State tradition of chronicling the university's history through the work of its past presidents, The Kirwan Years recounts the Academic Plan's creation, acceptance, and initial implementation, along with many major university accomplishments from mid-1998 through mid-2002. It also details the university's ongoing, uphill struggle to maximize state financial support and its success in private and other fundraising. It provides a compelling look at the complexity permeating today's research universities. And yes, it describes the firing of football coach John Cooper and the hiring of Jim Tressel.

Contents:

Foreword

Good to great

Context and continuity

Changing of the guard

The Brits are coming

Getting started

The academic plan

A plan is born

Building a world-class faculty

Developing leading academic programs

Developing leading medical programs

Enhancing the teaching and learning environment

Serving the student body

Creating a diverse environment

Helping build Ohio's future

Managing the university

Paying for it all

Strength in numbers

Crises come and go

Hooray for the scarlet and gray

Changing of the guard : the sequel

Time to change

Partners again

Appendix

About the author

Academic plan

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

OCLC:

1229912890

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access