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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nelson, Stephen James, 1947-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, CT : Praeger Pub., 2007.
Series:	American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education.
Subjects:	College presidents > Professional ethics > United States. Education, Higher > United States > Administration. College presidents > United States > Interviews.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of 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.