Provost : experiences, reflections, and advice from a former "number two" on campus / Larry A. Nielsen ; foreword by D.H. DeHayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Larry A., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College administrators--United States.

College administrators.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an entertaining and insightful read for anyone who wants to get a glimpse of how a large university functions, as seen through the eyes of an ultimate "insider.".

Contents:

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE: LB2341""; ""PART ONE: THE ACCIDENTAL PROVOST""; ""1. I LOVED MY JOB""; ""2. IT WAS DESTINY""; ""3. WHO COULD LOVE BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR?""; ""4. FROM SUBLIME TO RIDICULOUS""; ""5. REALIZING POSSIBILITIES""; ""PART TWO: MR. PROVOST""; ""6. WHAT IS A PROVOST, ANYHOW?""; ""7. BEING NUMBER TWO""; ""8. THE PROVOST IS NOT A DEAN""; ""9. THE PROVOST�S PERFECT DAY""; ""10. THE UNIVERSITY�S STAY-AT-HOME PARENT""; ""11. JUST A LITTLE FAMOUS""; ""LESSONS ABOUT BEING MR. PROVOST""

""PART THREE: MONEY IS WAY AHEAD OF WHATEVER IS IN SECOND PLACE""""12. A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE""; ""13. THE PROVOST�S BEST FRIEND""; ""14. WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE THINK WE DO""; ""15. WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY WE NEED""; ""16. THE STRATEGIC DOORSTOP""; ""17. THE PROVOST AIN�T GOT NO ALUMNI""; ""LESSONS ABOUT MONEY""; ""PART FOUR: ACADEMICS �R� US""; ""18. ACADEMICS �R� US�OR �R� IT?""; ""19. STRATEGY �R� US, TOO""; ""20. ATHLETES ARE STUDENTS, TOO""; ""21. YIN, YANG, AND YOU""; ""22. SPEAKING OF STUDENTS""; ""23. IN THE SERVICE OF ACADEMICS""; ""24. GRADUATION DAY""

""LESSONS ABOUT ACADEMICS""""PART FIVE: FACILITIES AND OTHER EVILS""; ""25. SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER""; ""26. SPACE ASSIGNMENTS DON�T DIE, THEY JUST FOSSILIZE""; ""27. NEW SPACE IS JUST ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING OLD SPACE""; ""28. THE WORST TWO-WORD PHRASE IN THE UNIVERSITY VOCABULARY""; ""29. PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULDN�T DO IT THIS WAY""; ""30. SNOW DAYS""; ""31. HOW THE PROVOST FROZE CHRISTMAS""; ""LESSONS ABOUT FACILITIES AND OTHER EVILS""; ""PART SIX: FACULTY""; ""32. ADMINISTRATORS LOVE FACULTY, REALLY""; ""33. FACULTY ARE THE CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY""

""34. WHERE DOES FACULTY LEAVE OFF AND PROVOST BEGIN?""""35. FACULTY BARK; THE PROVOST BITES""; ""36. TO TENURE OR NOT TO TENURE""; ""37. THERE�S NO BUSINESS LIKE THE KNOW BUSINESS""; ""LESSONS ABOUT FACULTY""; ""PART SEVEN: PEOPLE MATTER MOST""; ""38. POPULUS PLURIMUS MAXIMUS ES""; ""39. SHOWING UP IS 95% OF LIFE""; ""40. TRANSPARENCY IS ALIVE, BUT PRIVACY IS DEAD""; ""41. NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE ME""; ""42. LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT THE DOOR""; ""43. IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS""; ""LESSONS ABOUT PEOPLE MATTERING MOST""; ""PART EIGHT: EXPERIENCE IS A GREAT TEACHER""

""44. FIRST REPORTS FROM THE FRONT""""45. WHAT IS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, ANYWAY?""; ""46. BEING A DEAN HELPS""; ""47. IT�S A CLINGY ENVIRONMENT""; ""48. DANCING WITH A GORILLA""; ""49. THE GORILLA THAT GOT ME""; ""50. WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE DANCING GORILLA""; ""LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE""; ""PART NINE: WHO OWNS THE UNIVERSITY?""; ""51. NO ONE COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN YOU""; ""52. A MESSY BOTTOM LINE""; ""53. THE FACULTY�S PROPERTY INTEREST""; ""54. THE PROVOST�S JOB""; ""LESSONS ABOUT WHO OWNS THE UNIVERSITY""; ""PART TEN: BEING THE EX""; ""55. STARTING OVER""

""56. THE HALF-LIFE OF AN EX-PROVOST""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-344657-4

1-000-97443-X

1-003-44657-4

1-57922-971-9

9781003446576

OCLC:

1389363945