Leaders in the Labyrinth
College Presidents and the Battleground of Creeds and Convictions
Series: ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education
By Stephen J. Nelson
0-275-99792-8/978-0-275-99792-2
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Leaders in the Labyrinth
sheds light on the ways presidents conduct the influence and power of their office, especially in the use of their pulpits, how they navigate issues of political correctness, and how they hold the center of the university together in contentious times and against competing ideological forces. Nelson has formulated a comprehensive image of the tenor, talents, and temperaments essential for today's presidency, for those who aspire to assume leadership in the future and for those --administrative and alumni leaders, trustees, and senior faculty--who fix on and select the leaders of our colleges and universities.
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Quiet grace and dignity, characteristics closely associated with a college presidency, go only so far during stormy union negotiations, frustrating budget hearings, and long, contentious board meetings about how to market the college to increasingly skeptical and technology-controlled consumers. Nelson finds that successful presidents, or potential presidents have their share of traditional characteristics but also possess the ability to hold the core of the university together whether in intellectual or financial boom times or bust, and have the insight to know when the battle is for the soul of the university and when it is merely a minor skirmish. Nelson's narratives from the front line are always instructional and often riveting, and the result is not only a guide for prudent educational leadership but also a tool search committees can use to find that quiet grace and dignity with the necessary edge.
—Reference & Research Book News
Endorsement From David L. Kirp University of California,Berkeley author of
Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education
Leaders in the Labyrinth
is a superbly told account of the travails of contemporary university presidents. Stephen J. Nelson draws on candid interviews with some of the most thoughtful leaders in higher education to reveal how they handle the challenges of one of America's hardest and most important jobs. For anyone interested in higher education policy-making in particular or leadership more generally, this book is eye-opening reading.
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