Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons from Higher Education Leaders (Hardcover)

Preface, by Gerald B. Kauvar, E. Gordon Gee, and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
1. Becoming a President, by William Kirwan
2. Transition to the Position, by James P. Clements and Michael Young
3. Leadership team, by Mildred Garcia and Marvin Krislov
4. Maintaining a good relations with the board, by Lawrence S. Bacow
5. Developing relations with faculty and staff, by Freeman A. Hrabowski, III and A. Lee Fritschler
6. Knowing how and when to delegate and the extent to which delegating absolves leaders, by Holden Thorp and Mark Yudof
7. When and how to participate in curricular decisions, by Jane McAvliffe and Mark Ungar
8. Complexity and chicanery in collegiate athletics, by Robert Donaldson, Gerald B. Kauvar, and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
9. Title IX, by Allen Sessoms
10. The complex issues surrounding freedom of speech, by Ben Trachtenberg
11. What you need to know about emergency management, by Scott Cowen and Charles Steger
12. How tenuous is tenure, by Ann Weaver Hart and Ben Nelson
13. Working with elected and community officials, by Christopher B. Howard and Robert Scott
14. Institutional autonomy , by William R. Harvey and John Ebersole
15. Managing donor relations, by Georgia Nugent and Angel Cabrera
16. How to deal with changing forms of accreditation , by Judith Eaton
17. Litigation or the threat of litigation as a constraint , by John M. McCardell
18. Balancing system-wide needs with institutional autonomy , by Rebecca Blank, Nancy Zimpher, and R. Bowen Loftin
19. When to take a stand on national policy, by Mary S. Coleman and Lee Bollinger
20. Presidents and general counsels , by Eduardo Padron
21. Exiting with grace and ahead of the sheriff, by Richard Joel and Richard Levin
Concluding Thoughts, by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Gordon Gee
Aptitude test for aspiring presidents, by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Gordon Gee
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