LEADER 05228nam 22006374a 450 001 9910778478003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-42314-2 010 $a9786612423147 010 $a0-472-02188-5 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.168531 035 $a(CKB)1000000000793447 035 $a(OCoLC)613359037 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10286135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204315 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278319 035 $a(PQKB)11477431 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414480 035 $a(OCoLC)1017610129 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse61051 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.168531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414480 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10286135 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242314 035 $a(OCoLC)824099892 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000793447 100 $a20061229d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe view from the helm$b[electronic resource] $eleading the American university during an era of change /$fJames J. Duderstadt 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (421 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-472-11590-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe path to the presidency -- The leaders and best -- Institutional saga -- The Michigan saga -- A heritage of leadership -- Michigan's character as a trailblazer -- The role of institutional saga in presidential leadership -- The "what," "how," and "who" of the university presidency -- The path to the presidency -- Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor; rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief . . . and university president -- The academic leadership ladder -- The path to the Michigan White House -- On to Michigan -- Trapped in the gravitational pull of academic administration -- On the brink -- The presidential search -- The search process -- The presidential search : a victim's perspective -- A postmortem -- Some advice for presidential search committees and university governing boards -- Some advice for candidates for university presidencies -- So what are we supposed to do now? -- Presidential leadership -- Presidential leadership -- The elements of presidential leadership -- Several unique aspects of university leadership -- The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership -- Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution -- A matter of personal style -- Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency -- Leadership for a time of change -- Executive leadership -- The executive officer team -- Go downtown and get the money -- Bricks and mortar -- Crisis management -- The challenges of executive leadership -- Academic leadership -- The academic clockwork -- Academic leadership -- Faculty quality -- Selection and recruitment of academic leadership -- Tinkering with time bombs -- The challenges to academic leadership by the president -- Political leadership -- Growing up in a rough neighborhood -- Defending the university -- The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition -- The president and the governing board -- The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency -- The hazards of political leadership -- Moral leadership -- The challenges to moral leadership -- Social diversity and academic excellence -- Student affairs -- Institutional integrity -- The bully pulpit -- Pastoral care -- Personal traits and traps -- Strategic leadership -- The approach -- The action plan -- Lessons learned and the growing concern -- Institutional transformation -- Experiments and ventures -- More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation -- The university president: an endangered species? -- Life as a university president -- The president's spouse -- The hired help -- A turn about the university calendar -- Lifestyles of the rich and famous -- On the road -- A matter of style -- Always some doubts -- Tilting with windmills -- Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university -- Windmill no. 2: college sports -- Windmill no. 3: university governance -- The importance of fighting losing battles -- The endgame -- Survival instinct -- Putting it all on the line -- Wear and tear -- The two-minute warning -- Taking stock -- Fading away -- Years after a decade at the helm -- Whence and whither the university -- Some final thoughts on the university presidency -- Notes. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xAdministration 606 $aCollege presidents$zUnited States 606 $aEducational leadership$zUnited States 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdministration. 615 0$aCollege presidents 615 0$aEducational leadership 700 $aDuderstadt$b James J.$f1942-$046422 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778478003321 996 $aThe view from the helm$93804256 997 $aUNINA