Stephen J. Nelson

College Presidents Reflect

Life in and out of the Ivory Tower

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

College presidents lead taxing and complex, though enormously fulfilling and rewarding, lives. The story that unfolds in College Presidents Reflect: Life in and out of the Ivory Tower is fashioned from the perspectives of over two-dozen retired former college presidents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781475807615
• ISBN-10: 1475807619
• Artikelnr.: 39226245

Autorenporträt

Stephen J. Nelson is professor of education and educational leadership at Bridgewater State University and senior scholar in the Leadership Alliance at Brown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1Introduction: A Retrospective, Decades of Challenge and Change in
the College
Presidency
Chapter 2The Sweet Sorrow: Exodus from the "Oval Office" and Bully Pulpit
of the
College
Chapter 3The Next Act: Is there Any Equal after a Presidency?
Chapter 4The Switch in Public Voice: Is Anyone Listening?
Chapter 5"Regrets, I have a few": Memories of Highs and Lows
Chapter 6The Shape and Shaping of the Presidency: The Insights of Former
Presidents and
the Intrigue of the Office
Appendix: Roster of Interviewed Presidents
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index