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Provost : experiences, reflections, and advice from a former "number two" on campus /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling, Virginia :
Stylus,
[2013]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE: LB2341
- PART ONE: THE ACCIDENTAL PROVOST
- 1. I LOVED MY JOB
- 2. IT WAS DESTINY
- 3. WHO COULD LOVE BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR?
- 4. FROM SUBLIME TO RIDICULOUS
- 5. REALIZING POSSIBILITIES
- PART TWO: MR. PROVOST
- 6. WHAT IS A PROVOST, ANYHOW?
- 7. BEING NUMBER TWO
- 8. THE PROVOST IS NOT A DEAN
- 9. THE PROVOST�S PERFECT DAY
- 10. THE UNIVERSITY�S STAY-AT-HOME PARENT
- 11. JUST A LITTLE FAMOUS
- LESSONS ABOUT BEING MR. PROVOST
- PART THREE: MONEY IS WAY AHEAD OF WHATEVER IS IN SECOND PLACE12. A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE
- 13. THE PROVOST�S BEST FRIEND
- 14. WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE THINK WE DO
- 15. WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY WE NEED
- 16. THE STRATEGIC DOORSTOP
- 17. THE PROVOST AIN�T GOT NO ALUMNI
- LESSONS ABOUT MONEY
- PART FOUR: ACADEMICS �R� US
- 18. ACADEMICS �R� US�OR �R� IT?
- 19. STRATEGY �R� US, TOO
- 20. ATHLETES ARE STUDENTS, TOO
- 21. YIN, YANG, AND YOU
- 22. SPEAKING OF STUDENTS
- 23. IN THE SERVICE OF ACADEMICS
- 24. GRADUATION DAY
- LESSONS ABOUT ACADEMICSPART FIVE: FACILITIES AND OTHER EVILS
- 25. SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER
- 26. SPACE ASSIGNMENTS DON�T DIE, THEY JUST FOSSILIZE
- 27. NEW SPACE IS JUST ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING OLD SPACE
- 28. THE WORST TWO-WORD PHRASE IN THE UNIVERSITY VOCABULARY
- 29. PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULDN�T DO IT THIS WAY
- 30. SNOW DAYS
- 31. HOW THE PROVOST FROZE CHRISTMAS
- LESSONS ABOUT FACILITIES AND OTHER EVILS
- PART SIX: FACULTY
- 32. ADMINISTRATORS LOVE FACULTY, REALLY
- 33. FACULTY ARE THE CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY
- 34. WHERE DOES FACULTY LEAVE OFF AND PROVOST BEGIN?35. FACULTY BARK; THE PROVOST BITES
- 36. TO TENURE OR NOT TO TENURE
- 37. THERE�S NO BUSINESS LIKE THE KNOW BUSINESS
- LESSONS ABOUT FACULTY
- PART SEVEN: PEOPLE MATTER MOST
- 38. POPULUS PLURIMUS MAXIMUS ES
- 39. SHOWING UP IS 95% OF LIFE
- 40. TRANSPARENCY IS ALIVE, BUT PRIVACY IS DEAD
- 41. NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE ME
- 42. LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT THE DOOR
- 43. IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS
- LESSONS ABOUT PEOPLE MATTERING MOST
- PART EIGHT: EXPERIENCE IS A GREAT TEACHER
- 44. FIRST REPORTS FROM THE FRONT45. WHAT IS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, ANYWAY?
- 46. BEING A DEAN HELPS
- 47. IT�S A CLINGY ENVIRONMENT
- 48. DANCING WITH A GORILLA
- 49. THE GORILLA THAT GOT ME
- 50. WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE DANCING GORILLA
- LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE
- PART NINE: WHO OWNS THE UNIVERSITY?
- 51. NO ONE COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN YOU
- 52. A MESSY BOTTOM LINE
- 53. THE FACULTY�S PROPERTY INTEREST
- 54. THE PROVOST�S JOB
- LESSONS ABOUT WHO OWNS THE UNIVERSITY
- PART TEN: BEING THE EX
- 55. STARTING OVER