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Presidencies Derailed is the first book to explore in depth why
university presidencies fail and how university and college
leadership can forestall, if not prevent, future leadership
failures. Former university president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg,
along with professor Gerald B. Kauvar and former chancellor E.
Grady Bogue, organize, classify, and explain patterns of leadership
failures, drawing on firsthand testimonies from "derailed"
university presidents, sixteen case studies in four sectors of
higher education, and reviews of the scholarly literature on
leadership failures in the public and private sectors.
Presidencies Derailed is the first book to explore in depth why
university presidencies fail and how university and college
leadership can forestall, if not prevent, future leadership
failures. Former university president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg,
along with professor Gerald B. Kauvar and former chancellor E.
Grady Bogue, organize, classify, and explain patterns of leadership
failures, drawing on firsthand testimonies from "derailed"
university presidents, sixteen case studies in four sectors of
higher education, and reviews of the scholarly literature on
leadership failures in the public and private sectors.
How experienced college and university leaders guide successful
institutions-and why they sometimes lose their way. Today's college
and university leaders face complex problems that test their
political acumen as well as their judgment, intellect, empathy, and
ability to plan and improvise. How do they thoughtfully and
creatively rise to the challenge? In Leading Colleges and
Universities, editors Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar,
and E. Gordon Gee bring together a host of presidents and other
leaders in higher education who describe how they dealt with the
issues. Each contributor has been effective as a president or other
significant leader in postsecondary education. In this book they
share real-life examples and stories that illustrate how they have
dealt with the challenges they encountered. Together they answer
these and other core questions: * How do you manage college
athletics, faculty, a governing board, donors, and a local
community? * What do you need to know about crisis management and
legal affairs? * When should you be outspoken in the media and when
should you be quiet? The book does not shy away from hot
contemporary issues, tackling such controversial matters as free
speech, Title IX, athletics, fraternities, student and faculty
diversity, and board relations. Presidents and would-be
presidents-as well as boards, search committees, state boards,
legislators, and others involved in higher education-will find much
helpful guidance in this timely book.
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