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College presidents reflect : life in and out of the ivory tower
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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 ...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Stephen J. Nelson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2014
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781475807622, 1475807627, 1475807619, 1306348919
- OCLC
- ocn871239526, ocn868273698
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: A Retrospective, Decades of Challenge and Change in the College Presidency -- The Sweet Sorrow: Exodus from the "Oval Office" and Bully Pulpit of the College -- The Next Act: Is there Any Equal after a Presidency? -- The Switch in Public Voice: Is Anyone Listening? -- "Regrets, I Have a Few": Memories of Highs and Lows -- The Shape and Shaping of the Presidency: The Insights of Former Presidents and the Intrigue of the Office -- Roster of Interviewed Presidents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index