University Presidents as Moral Leaders

by Brown, David G.

• ISBN13: 9780275988142
• ISBN10: 0275988147
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The outstanding contributors to this book share their experiences about the kind of leadership situations senior administrators face and the moral decisions they are called upon to make. Among them are: Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan; Molly Corbet Broad, President, University of North Carolina System; William Kirwan, Chancellor, University of Maryland System; Edward S. Malloy, President, University of Notre Dame; Steve Sample, President, University of Southern California; Graham B. Spanier, President, Pennsylvania State University; Larry K. Faulkner, President, University of Texas, Austin; and E. Gordon Gee, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University. The passion that these university leaders bring to their jobs and the moral imagination that their roles require were all readily apparent at the forums and are captured here. The Smith-Richardson Foundation gave Wake Forest University and the Center for Creative Leadership a grant to address the question of leadership in American universities and to run a series of three forums. Thirty-six of America's busiest and most visible university presidents swapped and shared success stories, and reflected upon the lessons they had learned on the job.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Thomas K. Hearn Jr.
John Alexander
About the Center for Creative Leadership, Wake Forest University, and the Smith-Richardson Foundation	xiii
Introduction
The Presidential Forum	3	(10)
David G. Brown
BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORAL LEADERSHIP
Carpetbaggery and Conflagration: Vanderbilt University Makes Enemies of Old Friends	13	(8)
E. Gordon Gee
A Response to Chancellor Gee's Essay: Crises in Waiting: A Future Challenge for University Presidents	21	(8)
Pamela B. Gann
Presidential Leadership in Time of Crisis	29	(26)
Philip L. Dubois
A Response to President Dubois' Essay: Moral Leadership	55	(4)
Scott S. Cowen
A Response to President Dubois' Essay: The Importance of Values and Principles	59	(4)
Gregory C. Farrington
A Response to President Dubois' Essay: Clemson and South Carolina's Confederate Flag Controversy	63	(4)
James F. Barker
Inaugural Transitions: The University of Michigan's Affirmative Action Case	67	(14)
Mary Sue Coleman
A Response to President Coleman's Essay: Moral Leadership at DePauw	81	(4)
Robert G. Bottoms
A Response to President Coleman's Essay: The Importance of Ethical Standards: Reflections of a Candidate Chosen from the Inside	85	(2)
Charles W. Steger
Succeeding a Legend at the University of Notre Dame	87	(10)
Edward S. Malloy
A Response to President Malloy's Essay: Tell Them from the Beginning	97	(2)
Lawrence S. Bacow
A Response to President Malloy's Essay: Fitting Leadership Types to the Task at Hand	99	(4)
Andrew K. Benton
A Response to President Malloy's Essay: Leadership Transitions at Private Liberal Arts Colleges	103	(4)
Dale T. Knobel
Virtue and Leadership: Good Leaders Must First Be Good People	107	(18)
Albert C. Yates
A Response to President Yates' Essay: The Importance of Personal Values	125	(4)
William C. Gordon
A Response to President Yates' Essay: Vision, Transparency, and Passion	129	(6)
David C. Hardesty
Moral Leadership: Promoting High Achievement among Minority Students in Science	135	(8)
Freeman H. Hrabowski III
A Response to President Hrabowski's Essay: Building Trust for Enduring Change	143	(4)
Pamela Shockley-Zalabak
The Morality of Shared Responsibility: Preserving Quality through Program Elimination	147	(12)
William E. Kirwan
REFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP
Leadership and Teaching in the American University	159	(18)
Thomas K. Hearn Jr.
A Response to President Hearn's Essay: Models for Moral Leadership: From Wile E. Coyote to Homer	177	(6)
Larry E. Penley
A Response to President Hearn's Essay: Searches and Succession Planning	183	(2)
Graham B. Spanier
The Contrarian's Guide to University Leadership	185	(10)
Steven B. Sample
A Response to President Sample's Essay: Sample's Golden Mean and Thoughts about Thought	195	(4)
Larry R. Faulkner
A Response to President Sample's Essay: Innovation and Focus	199	(6)
Marye Anne Fox
A Response to President Sample's Essay: Personal Qualities for University Leadership	205	(4)
Timothy J. Sullivan
Leading in the Unique Character of Academe: What It Takes	209	(18)
Kathleen M. Ponder
Cynthia D. McCauley
Lessons Learned	227	(16)
David G. Brown
Index	243	(10)
About the Editor and Contributors	253