Decades of chaos and revolution : showdowns for college presidents /

"Decades of Chaos and Revolution presents an insightful picture of the tension and tumult that todays presidents of colleges and universities face. These problems stem from the 1960s and 1970s, a time when these issues first arose and their outcomes ultimately shaped the administrations of futu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Stephen James, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
Colección:American Council on Education series on higher education (2009)
Temas:
College presidents > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Education, Higher > United States > Administration.
Educational leadership > United States.
Présidents et recteurs d'université > États-Unis.
Leadership en éducation > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Leadership.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College presidents
Education, Higher > Administration
Educational leadership
Universities and colleges > Administration
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Enduring Seeds and Legacy of the 1960s
  • 2. Into the War Room: Sieges of Protest and What Happened to the Presidency?
  • 3. Cornell and Kent State: Inevitable Disaster and Tragedy?
  • 4. Presidential Tempers and Temperaments: Threats and Survival of the Fittest in the Making of Presidents
  • 5. "We Don't Have Enough Money": The Boom, the Bust, and Sinkholes of Ever-Expanding Financial Aid, Clashes over Students, and Going Global on Shrinking Capital
  • 6. Fundamentalists at the Gates: Ideology, Politics of Correctness, and Control of the Marketplace of Ideas
  • 7. Crucibles and Chaos: What the 1960s Tell about the Presidency and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
  • 8. Ideological Follies and the Soul of the University.

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