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Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It Hardcover - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg; Gerald B. Kauvar; E. Grady Bogue


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Presidencies Derailed is the first book to explore in depth why university presidencies fail and how university and college leadership can forestall, if not prevent, future leadership failures. Former university president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, along with professor Gerald B. Kauvar and former chancellor E. Grady Bogue organize, classify, and explain patterns of leadership failures, drawing on firsthand testimonies from derailed university presidents, sixteen case studies in four sectors of higher education, and reviews of the scholarly literature on leadership failures in the public and private sectors.

A book with relevance far beyond academe.--Harvard Business Review

This book should be read by presidential search committees and purchased by vice presidents worried about their president's success.--New England Journal of Higher Education

Every derailed presidency has its own story. The risk of failure is high.--Washington Post

A good resource for those serving on search committees, aspiring presidents, and others interested in leadership transitions."--Review of Higher Education

Without qualification, this book is and will remain the classic on why university presidents succeed or fail.--Warren G. Bennis, University of Southern California

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was a long-serving president of George Washington University and the former president of the University of Hartford. He is the author of Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education, Reflections on Higher Education, and Speaking His Mind: Five Years of Commentary on Higher Education. Gerald B. Kauvar is a research professor of public policy and public administration and the special assistant to the president emeritus at George Washington University. E. Grady Bogue (1935-2013) was the chancellor of Louisiana State University in Shreveport and the coauthor of Quality and Accountability in Higher Education: Improving Policy, Enhancing Performance.

--Jose A. Cabranes, U.S. Circuit Judge (New York) and trustee of Columbia University, former trustee of Yale University and Colgate University "Canadian Journal of Higher Education"

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  • Title Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It
  • Author Stephen Joel Trachtenberg; Gerald B. Kauvar; E. Grady Bogue
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Qi1
  • Date 2013-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781421410241 / 1421410249
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.13 x 0.69 in (23.47 x 15.57 x 1.75 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Universities and colleges - Administration, College presidents
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012045838
  • Dewey Decimal Code 378.111

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  • Library Journal, 09/01/2013, Page 122

About the author

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was a long-serving president of George Washington University and the former president of the University of Hartford. He is the author of Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education, Reflections on Higher Education, and Speaking His Mind: Five Years of Commentary on Higher Education. Gerald B. Kauvar is a research professor of public policy and public administration and the special assistant to the president emeritus at George Washington University. E. Grady Bogue (1935-2013) was the chancellor of Louisiana State University in Shreveport and the coauthor of Quality and Accountability in Higher Education: Improving Policy, Enhancing Performance

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