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Presidential Transitions It's Not Just the Position, It's the Transition
Patrick H. Sanaghan, Larry Goldstein, Kathleen D. Gaval
Foreword by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Book Code: C9408
ISBN: 0-275-99408-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99408-2
224 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2007
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Endorsement From Dr. Thomas C. Longin
    Executive Editor, Planning for Higher Education and Consultant to Governing Boards & Presidents:     In Sanaghan, Goldstein, and Gaval's new book, Presidential Transitions, three experienced practitioners in the field of higher education provide us with a carefully crafted, superbly grounded, and eminently practical strategic guide to presidential success in today's challenging environment. They offer a comprehensive, thoughtfully analytical, and wonderfully engaging "handbook for success" for those involved in, supportive of, or somehow aligned with the work of the contemporary college and university presidency. While highlighting the on-going dynamic of a presidential experience - truly, it's not the position; it is the transition - the authors provide prescient guidance. Presidential Transitions is an excellent and important book, and a must read for presidents, aspiring presidents, board members, senior institutional leaders, and for students of higher education desiring to understand the challenges and possibilities of presidential leadership in the 21st Century.
Description: A presidential transition has a major impact on the life of an institution. Hundreds of presidential transitions take place annually, and when they are not amicable and carefully orchestrated, they can scar both the institution and the president. Sanaghan,Goldstein, and Gaval estimate that more than one-third of the presidential transitions in higher education are involuntary and have a negative effect on the institution. The authors offer practical guidance in this book, which is designed to provide assistance to presidents, trustees, faculty, and other important stakeholder groups and help them avoid the pitfalls of poorly managed transitions. They discuss how, with proper planning, care, and execution, this presidential passage can be an opportunity for a transitioning president, and those who surround him or her, to write a positive chapter in the campus history. Readers will discover that appropriately addressing the anxiety that accompanies major transitions--for both those joining the institution and those already present--is essential. Dozens of presidents, chancellors, board members, and other senior executives were interviewed for this book. Each major chapter includes selected personal observations, from these interviews, which illustrate the critical issues addressed in the book.
LC Card Number: 2007030214
LCC Class: LB2341
Dewey Class: 378
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