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Boiler Up : A University President in the Public Square / Mitch Daniels ; foreword by Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daniels, Mitchell Elias, Jr., 1949- author.
- Series:
- Founders series.
- The Founders Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College presidents.
- United States--Civilization--21st century.
- United States.
- Daniels, Mitchell Elias, Jr., 1949---Political and social views.
- Daniels, Mitchell Elias.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Speeches.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "When former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels was named Purdue University's twelfth president, he became one of a small handful of nationally renowned figures to lead an institution of higher education. In an era when university presidents had largely abandoned the role of public intellectual, Daniels immediately captured broad attention for his willingness to take a thoughtful stand on America's most pressing challenges - in academia and far beyond. Boiler Up: A University President in the Public Square offers readers a fascinating compendium of commencement addresses, published columns, and transcripts of speeches and hosted events spanning ten years of insights and insightful interactions that put Mitch Daniels front and center among American thought leaders. Throughout the book, Daniels's sharp intellect, incisive analysis, and delightful sense of humor reign supreme. Via embedded QR codes, readers can "attend" recorded content, including evenings with Condoleezza Rice, Garry Kasparov, Walter Isaacson, and other fascinating people. Whether the reader seeks lessons on leadership or immersion in engaging ideas, Boiler Up is a tour de force of transformative thinking."-- Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Cover
- BOILER UP
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. Speeches, Interviews, and Messages
- Speeches and Interviews
- Messages to the Purdue Community
- Part II. The Columns
- Common Sense
- Educational Challenges
- Keeping Our Democracy (Good Policy and Practice)
- COVID and Our After Life
- Our Cultural Crevasse
- Bad Policy and Its Trappings
- Lessons from Science
- Part III. Presidential Lecture Series
- No Greater Honor-Public Service at Its Finest
- How We Got Here-Great Historians of Our Time
- The Grand Experiment-The Future of Democracy
- A Way with Words-Journalists, Writers, and Commentators
- Great Challenges, Great Courage
- Science and Sound Thinking
- Part IV. The Ten Commencements
- Ingenuity
- Change
- Duty
- Intention
- Humility
- Tribalism
- Grit
- Connection
- Risk
- You
- Part V. Selected Media Interviews and Articles from the Daniels Decade
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781612499383
- 1612499384
- 9781612499376
- 1612499376
- OCLC:
- 1391383630
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