Presidential Transition in Higher Education

Once rare presidential transitions at institutions of higher education now command the attention of about one-quarter of the nation's colleges and universities at any given time. Though they occur frequently transitions at this level are hardly routine and American higher education has not developed a tradition of managing this process proactively. Here James Martin and James E. Samels bring together a distinguished group of higher education professionals to provide the first comprehensive guidebook to managing change at the top.Presidents administrators trustees faculty and others involved in a change in leadership will benefit from this wide-ranging discussion of the issues combined with specific action plans for the busy professional. The volume's contributors address proactive management best practices for sudden transitions and how campuses can turn challenges into opportunities. Also addressed are executive search firms the interim president boards of trustees presidential spouses and public relations.Contributors: Lee J. Betts Frederick (MD) Community College; Charles Brown Stanford University; Jean A. Dowdall Whitt-Kieffer; E. K. Fretwell Jr. University of North Carolina Charlotte; Vartan Gregorian Carnegie Corporation; Allen E. Koenig and Thomas H. Langevin The Registry for College and University Presidents; Steven Muller The Johns Hopkins University; Arthur Padilla North Carolina State University; John Ross George Dehne & Associates Integrated Services; Patricia Stanley Frederick (MD) Community College; Thomas J. and Scottie Trebon Carroll College; William A. Weary Fieldstone Consulting Inc.; Nancy L. Zimpher University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.