Presidencies derailed : why university leaders fail and how to prevent it / Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Grady Bogue.

Presidencies derailed : why university leaders fail and how to prevent it /

How do some university presidents "lose their way," and why are their consequential dismissals given so much media attention? This book explores in depth why university presidencies fail - and how university and college leadership can forestall, if not prevent, future leadership failures....

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Main Author: Trachtenberg, Stephen Joel, 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
College presidents.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Themes of Presidential Derailment
  • Presidents Off-Track. Presidential Derailments at Private Liberal Arts Institutions / Jason McNeal ; Presidential Derailments at Public Master's Level Institutions / Julie Longmire ; Presidential Derailments at Public Research Universities / Keith Carver ; Presidential Derailments at Community Colleges / Leigh Ann Touzeau ; Firsthand Experiences of Derailed Presidents
  • Averting the Train Wreck. The Upstream Solution : More Thoughtful Academic Searches ; Board Dynamics : A Piece of the Presidential Derailment Puzzle ; Lessons Learned about Presidential Derailments
  • Appendix : A Year of Presidential Turnover.

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