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Legitimacy In The Academic Presidency » (New Edition)

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Authors: Rita Bornstein
ISBN-13: 9781573565622, ISBN-10: 1573565628
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Rita Bornstein

RITA BORNSTEIN is President of Rollins College. She was previously Vice President at the University of Miami. In 2001 she was awarded the George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Chair of Distinguished Presidential Leadership.

Book Synopsis

This book focuses on the impetus for leading change. Bornstein draws on numerous sources for a theoretical perspective on the factors associated with the president's role in creating legitimate change.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	New Roles for the New Millennium	1
Ch. 1	The Academic Presidency under Siege	3
Ch. 2	The Decade of the 1990s - A Time of Testing	7
Ch. 3	Millennial Requirements for Leadership Legitimacy	10
Pt. II	Achieving Presidential Legitimacy	15
Ch. 4	The Presidency: Calling, Corporate Executive Role, Job	17
Ch. 5	Theories of Legitimacy	20
Ch. 6	Factors in Presidential Legitimacy	25
Ch. 7	Threats to Presidential Legitimacy	43
Ch. 8	Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Legitimacy	57
Ch. 9	A Fund-raiser's Quest for Legitimacy	61
Pt. III	Assuring the Legitimacy of Change	75
Ch. 10	The Impetus for Change: Crisis, Niche, Quality	77
Ch. 11	The Context for Change	82
Ch. 12	Factors in Achieving Legitimate Change	87
Ch. 13	Threats to Change Legitimacy	134
Ch. 14	Strategies for Legitimate and Successful Change	142
Ch. 15	A President's Quest for Institutional Repositioning	146
Pt. IV	Legitimacy in the Presidential Succession Process	163
Ch. 16	Presidential Succession and Legitimacy	165
Ch. 17	Factors in Succession Legitimacy	172
Ch. 18	Threats to Succession Legitimacy	187
Ch. 19	Strategies for Succession Legitimacy	191
Ch. 20	A President's Exploration of the Timing, Grace, and Legitimacy of Exit	197
	App. A: Interview Schedule	205
App. B	Survey Instrument, Cohort, and Responses	207
	Bibliography	213
	Index	227