"Lessons 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 best-seller "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.
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