Authors: James Martin, James E. Samels
ISBN-13: 9780801883774, ISBN-10: 0801883776
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hopkins Fulfillment Service
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
James Martin is a professor of English at Mount Ida College and academic vice president of The Education Alliance. James E. Samels is president of The Education Alliance and founder of Samels Associates, a law firm concentrating in higher education law. They are the authors of Merging Colleges for Mutual Growth: A New Strategy for Academic Managers (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993) and First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997).
"No one to my knowledge has brought the thinking on presidential transitions together in a scholarly work that equals this volume... This insiders' view is enlightening, useful, and well worth the time and energy required to digest the many observations and suggestions." -- George B. Vaughan, Journal of Higher Education
Foreword | ||
1 | A new model of transition management | 3 |
2 | Presidents who leave, presidents who stay : a conversation with Vartan Gregorian | 21 |
3 | Pressures on presidents and why they should leave | 30 |
4 | Passing the baton : leadership transitions and the tenure of presidents | 37 |
5 | The role of the board in presidential transition | 61 |
6 | A proactive model of presidential transition | 83 |
7 | When presidents leave suddenly : from crisis to continuity | 97 |
8 | Presidential turnover and the institutional community : restarting and moving forward | 111 |
9 | When colleges should, and should not, use executive search firms | 135 |
10 | The interim president : an effective transitional leader | 160 |
11 | Leaks kill : communication and presidential transition | 171 |
12 | Weathering the storm : institutional advancement during a presidential transition | 189 |
13 | Shaky ground in troubled times : the legal framework of presidential transitions | 198 |
14 | Partners in transition : the president's spouse as overlooked power base | 219 |
15 | Knowing the end of the beginning : a conceptual approach to presidential transition | 225 |