Leadership amid controversy
Subtitle: presidential perspectives
By: Judith Block McLaughlin, editor.
Contributors: McLaughlin, Judith Block, 1948-
Series: New directions for higher education -- no. 128; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: College presidents -- United States -- Decision making; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects; Freedom of expression
Description: Presidential duties are not all fun and games, and the visible nature of the presidential position is not always so desirable. This volume examines the position of the president during times of great controversy at an institution. Five presidents describe highly charged events on their campuses when constituents disagreed sharply and all were certain that righteousness and virtue were theirs alone. For the president, there was no way to avoid taking a position and no decision that would please, or even appease, all. The presidents describe the episodes on the campuses, explain the decisions they made, and assess their actions retrospectively.
Notes: "Winter 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Editor's notes / -- Judith Block McLaughlin; title: Leadership, management, and governance -- Judith Block McLaughlin; title: Many faces of risk: free speech versus public safety -- Jane L. Jervis; title: Freedom and controversy on campus: the Holocaust questioned -- Edward T. Foote II; title: Leading a university during controversy: challenges faced by a new president -- Judy Genshaft, -- Jack Wheat; title: Student activism at Ithaca College: reflections on management and leadership -- Peggy R. Williams, Michael R. McGreevey; title: Miami Redskins: deciding about a university nickname -- Paul G. Risser.