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050 1 4 _aLB2341
_b.A357 2007eb
100 1 _aDuderstadt, James J.,
_d1942-
245 1 4 _aThe view from the helm
_h[electronic resource] :
_bleading the American university during an era of change /
_cJames J. Duderstadt.
260 _aAnn Arbor :
_bUniversity of Michigan Press,
_c2007.
300 _axix, 400 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe path to the presidency -- The leaders and best -- Institutional saga -- The Michigan saga -- A heritage of leadership -- Michigan's character as a trailblazer -- The role of institutional saga in presidential leadership -- The "what," "how," and "who" of the university presidency -- The path to the presidency -- Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor; rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief . . . and university president -- The academic leadership ladder -- The path to the Michigan White House -- On to Michigan -- Trapped in the gravitational pull of academic administration -- On the brink -- The presidential search -- The search process -- The presidential search : a victim's perspective -- A postmortem -- Some advice for presidential search committees and university governing boards -- Some advice for candidates for university presidencies -- So what are we supposed to do now? -- Presidential leadership -- Presidential leadership -- The elements of presidential leadership -- Several unique aspects of university leadership -- The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership -- Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution -- A matter of personal style -- Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency -- Leadership for a time of change -- Executive leadership -- The executive officer team -- Go downtown and get the money -- Bricks and mortar -- Crisis management -- The challenges of executive leadership -- Academic leadership -- The academic clockwork -- Academic leadership -- Faculty quality -- Selection and recruitment of academic leadership -- Tinkering with time bombs -- The challenges to academic leadership by the president -- Political leadership -- Growing up in a rough neighborhood -- Defending the university -- The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition -- The president and the governing board -- The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency -- The hazards of political leadership -- Moral leadership -- The challenges to moral leadership -- Social diversity and academic excellence -- Student affairs -- Institutional integrity -- The bully pulpit -- Pastoral care -- Personal traits and traps -- Strategic leadership -- The approach -- The action plan -- Lessons learned and the growing concern -- Institutional transformation -- Experiments and ventures -- More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation -- The university president: an endangered species? -- Life as a university president -- The president's spouse -- The hired help -- A turn about the university calendar -- Lifestyles of the rich and famous -- On the road -- A matter of style -- Always some doubts -- Tilting with windmills -- Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university -- Windmill no. 2: college sports -- Windmill no. 3: university governance -- The importance of fighting losing battles -- The endgame -- Survival instinct -- Putting it all on the line -- Wear and tear -- The two-minute warning -- Taking stock -- Fading away -- Years after a decade at the helm -- Whence and whither the university -- Some final thoughts on the university presidency -- Notes.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aDuderstadt, James J.,
_d1942-
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zUnited States
_xAdministration.
650 0 _aCollege presidents
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational leadership
_zUnited States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10286135
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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