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University Presidents As Moral Leaders

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ISBN-10: 0275988147

ISBN-13: 9780275988142

Edition: 2006

Authors: David G. Brown, Thomas K. Hearn, John Alexander

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The outstanding contributors to this book share their experiences about the kind of leadership situations senior administrators face and the moral decisions they are called upon to make. Among them are: Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan; Molly Corbet Broad, President, University of North Carolina System; William Kirwan, Chancellor, University of Maryland System; Edward S. Malloy, President, University of Notre Dame; Steve Sample, President, University of Southern California; Graham B. Spanier, President, Pennsylvania State University; Larry K. Faulkner, President, University of Texas, Austin; and E. Gordon Gee, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University. The passion that these…    
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Book details

List price: $66.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 268
Size: 6.44" wide x 9.64" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Foreword
About the Center for Creative Leadership, Wake Forest University, and the Smith-Richardson Foundation
Introduction
The Presidential Forum
Big Opportunities for Moral Leadership
Carpetbaggery and Conflagration: Vanderbilt University Makes Enemies of Old Friends
A Response to Chancellor Gee's Essay: Crises in Waiting: A Future Challenge for University Presidents
Presidential Leadership in Time of Crisis
A Response to President Dubois' Essay: Moral Leadership
A Response to President Dubois' Essay: The Importance of Values and Principles
A Response to President Dubois' Essay: Clemson and South Carolina's Confederate Flag Controversy
Inaugural Transitions: The University of Michigan's Affirmative Action Case
A Response to President Coleman's Essay: Moral Leadership at DePauw
A Response to President Coleman's Essay: The Importance of Ethical Standards: Reflections of a Candidate Chosen from the Inside
Succeeding a Legend at the University of Notre Dame
A Response to President Malloy's Essay: Tell Them from the Beginning
A Response to President Malloy's Essay: Fitting Leadership Types to the Task at Hand
A Response to President Malloy's Essay: Leadership Transitions at Private Liberal Arts Colleges
Virtue and Leadership: Good Leaders Must First Be Good People
A Response to President Yates' Essay: The Importance of Personal Values
A Response to President Yates' Essay: Vision, Transparency, and Passion
Moral Leadership: Promoting High Achievement among Minority Students in Science
A Response to President Hrabowski's Essay: Building Trust for Enduring Change
The Morality of Shared Responsibility: Preserving Quality through Program Elimination
Reflections on Leadership
Leadership and Teaching in the American University
A Response to President Hearn's Essay: Models for Moral Leadership: From Wile E. Coyote to Homer
A Response to President Hearn's Essay: Searches and Succession Planning
The Contrarian's Guide to University Leadership
A Response to President Sample's Essay: Sample's Golden Mean and Thoughts about Thought
A Response to President Sample's Essay: Innovation and Focus
A Response to President Sample's Essay: Personal Qualities for University Leadership
Leading in the Unique Character of Academe: What It Takes
Lessons Learned
Index
About the Editor and Contributors