Lessons Learned (eBook)

Reflections of a University President

William G. Bowen (Autor)

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2010
184 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3758-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An insider's account of higher education from a legendary university leaderLessons Learned gives unprecedented access to the university president's office, providing a unique set of reflections on the challenges involved in leading both research universities and liberal arts colleges. In this landmark book, William Bowen, former president of Princeton University and of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and coauthor of the acclaimed bestseller The Shape of the River, takes readers behind closed faculty-room doors to discuss how today's colleges and universities serve their age-old missions.With extraordinary candor, clarity, and good humor, Bowen shares the sometimes-hard lessons he learned about working with trustees, faculty, and campus groups; building an effective administrative team; deciding when to speak out on big issues and when to insist on institutional restraint; managing dissent; cultivating alumni and raising funds; setting academic priorities; fostering inclusiveness; eventually deciding when and how to leave the president's office; and much more. Drawing on more than four decades of experience, Bowen demonstrates how his greatest lessons often arose from the missteps he made along the way, and how, when it comes to university governance, there are important general principles but often no single right answer.Full of compelling stories, insights, and practical wisdom, Lessons Learned frames the questions that leaders of higher education will continue to confront at a complex moment in history.

Autor

William G. Bowen is president emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Princeton University. His many books include the acclaimed bestseller The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions and Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities (both Princeton).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2010
• Reihe/Serie: The William G. Bowen Series
• Reihe/Serie: The William G. Bowen Series
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: academic freedom • Academic tenure • Academic year • Affirmative Action • alumnus • American Council on Education • Amy Gutmann • Association of American Universities • athletic director • athletic scholarship • Binghamton University • Brown University • Budget • Business School • chairman • Classroom • College Board • collegiality • Concerned Alumni of Princeton • credential • Criticism • Decision-Making • de facto • Deliberation • Denison University • Doctor of Philosophy • early action • Early decision • economist • educational program • Educational Testing Service • Faculty (academic staff) • Funding • Fundraising • General Counsel • Governance • Grading (education) • Graduate school • Henry Bienen • higher education • Honorary degree • injunction • Institution • insurance • Isaiah Berlin • Ivy League • Jacob Viner • Jews • JSTOR • Lafayette College • Law School • loyalty oath • McCarthyism • medical school • Meeting • Morton O. Schapiro • National Collegiate Athletic Association • Neil L. Rudenstine • Obligation • openness • philanthropy • Philosophy of education • Politics • Postdoctoral researcher • President and Fellows of Harvard College • Princeton University • Princeton University Press • private university • Professional School • Public Policy • Public university • Reader's Digest • Residential college • rights • Robert K. Merton • salary • Scholarship • shenk • social issue • Socioeconomic Status • Student group • Students' union • Teacher • The Daily Princetonian • The New York Times • Time Management • Trade-off • Tufts University • Tuition payments • Tulane University • undergraduate education • UNESCO • University • University of Chicago • University of Pennsylvania • Voting • Whitman College • William G. Bowen • Williams College • Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3758-8 / 1400837588
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3758-8 / 9781400837588