Leading the Modern University : York University's Presidents on Continuity and Change, 1974-2014 / Lorna R. Marsden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marsden, Lorna R., Editor.

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.

Ontario--Toronto.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, photographs, tables

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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:

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Background to the Events of 1973 at York University; 2 York University, 1974-84 (as Seen through the Eyes of a President); 3 "The economy is the secret police of our desires": York University, 1985-92; 4 Tales of York, 1992-97; 5 Years of Transition, 1997-2007; 6 This Is Our Time: Into a New Era at York University, 2007-14; 7 York's Crises Resolved: The Future Is Secure; Appendix; Works Cited; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-1762-4

1-4426-1761-6

OCLC:

959713724