Presidencies Derailed Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It

Name: Presidencies Derailed Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It
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ISBN: 9781421410241

ISBN-10: 1421410249

ISBN-13: 9781421410241

Edition: 2013

Authors: Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, E. Grady Bogue

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University presidents have become as expendable as football coaches—one bad season, scandal, or political or financial misstep and they are sent packing. These high-profile appointments are increasingly scrutinized by faculty, administrators, alumni, and the media, and problems are discussed all too publicly. A combination of constrained resources and a new trend toward hiring from outside of academia results in tensions between governing boards and presidents that can erupt quickly. Sometimes presidents are dismissed for performance, financial, or institutional "fit" reasons, but there are nearly always political reasons as well. Presidencies Derailed is the first book to explore the…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/15/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Themes of Presidential Derailment



Presidents Off-Track



Presidential Derailments at Private Liberal Arts Institutions




Presidential Derailments at Public Master's Level Institutions




Presidential Derailments at Public Research Universities




Presidential Derailments at Community Colleges




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


Bibliography


Contributors


Index