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Leaders in the labyrinth : college presidents and the battleground of creeds and convictions
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Leaders in the labyrinth : college presidents and the battleground of creeds and convictions

Author: Stephen James Nelson
Publisher: Westport, CT : Praeger Pub., 2007.
Series: American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen James Nelson
ISBN: 9780275997922 0275997928
OCLC Number: 85833351
Description: xxviii, 228 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
Responsibility: Stephen J. Nelson.
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