Degrees and Pedigrees (eBook)

The Education of America's Top Executives

Michael T. Nietzel (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
146 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3709-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The book examines the higher education backgrounds of 344 of America’s most influential CEOs, including 50 governors, 50 big-city mayors, 40 four-star generals/admirals, 50 DOW 30/Fortune 500 executives, 50 private foundation heads, 53 top-ranked university and college presidents and 51 major media heads.

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The book answers the questions of how and where America educates its leading chief executive officers. Where are America's top executives educated? What do they study? Do they typically attend the nation's most elite colleges? Or do they, like millions of other students, choose colleges because of reasons like proximity, cost, and state pride? How important are advanced degrees to their success? Is the MBA a prerequisite for becoming a CEO? I address these questions based on a study of 344 of the country's highest profile CEOs selected to represent a wide range of organizations and businesses.The book will establish a theme that the majority of Americas most high-powered CEOs did not attend elite colleges/universities or earn an MBA or graduate from highly selective institutions. Certainly, a significant number did so and were advantaged by the opportunity, but more often they were able to fashion for themselves a high-quality education at a rich array of institutions - public and private, regional and flagship, small and large, religious and secular. What proves more important than what colleges these leading executives attended, is the kinds of deep relationships and mentored experiences they developed. I illuminate these experiences through several vignettes in each chapter.

Autor

Michael T. Nietzel is currently the Deputy Director of the Department of Mental Health for the state of Missouri. Prior to this position, Nietzel, who earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois, served as Senior Policy Advisor to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (2011-2016), President of Missouri State University (2005-2010), and Provost at the University of Kentucky (2001-2005).

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgments Chapter One: Prestigious College and Power ExecutivesChapter Two: Elected CEOsChapter Three: Dow 30 and Fortune 500 CEOsChapter Four: Foundation ExecutivesChapter Five: Military Chief ExecutivesChapter Six: Media ExecutivesChapter Seven: Presidents and ChancellorsChapter Eight: A Campus Guide to CEO U

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 15 Illustrations including: - 15 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: business • ceos • master's
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3709-7 / 1475837097
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3709-4 / 9781475837094