Raised At Rutgers - A President''s Story

Informationen zum Autor RICHARD L. McCORMICK is President Emeritus of Rutgers University where he also serves as a University Professor and Board of Governors Professor of History and Education.  Klappentext Richard L. McCormick tells what it is like to run a major state university and vividly portrays the often contentious environment in which a university president operates today. He unsparingly recounts his decade of leadership, including his own missteps - those we know about and those we didn't - as he strove to obtain resources for the university, to manage the growth and success of intercollegiate athletics, and to deepen Rutgers's acceptance of its obligations as the state university of New Jersey. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments1          Six Scenes from a University Presidency2          Coming of Age at Rutgers3          A Difficult First Year as Rutgers President4          The Academic Heart of the Matter5          Intercollegiate Athletics6          Rutgers and New Jersey7          Getting a Medical School, Concluding a Presidency8          Reflections on Leading Rutgers

Product details

• Authors: Richard L McCormick, Richard L. Mccormick
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2014
• EAN: 9780813564746
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-6474-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection; Rivergate Regionals Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries