Leaders in the labyrinth :college presidents and the battleground of creeds and convictions
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Westport, CT
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Praeger Pub.
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American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]221[-224( and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Stephen J. Nelson
CONTENTS NOTE
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Presidential leadership: navigating climate and challenges -- The hunt for dollars: appealing to constituents and critics -- Presidential engagements and entanglements: the university tackles the wider world -- Inheriting the wind: institutional stories and the shoulders of predecessors -- The contest for the middle: can the center hold? -- The dilemmas of diversity -- Political rightness and ideology: the battleground in and around the academy's walls -- The courage to hold the center: balancing convictions and passionate intensity -- Presidential imprints: securing the academic core from threats within and without -- Life in the bully pulpit: choices and dilemmas -- The present and the future: presidential prospects -- The presidential post: inside the job -- The future presidency: guardian of the soul of the university
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Professional ethics ، College presidents - United States
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Administration ، Education, Higher - United States