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Discover the non-traditional leadership techniques that took the University of Idaho from insolvency to international renown
In University President’s Crisis Handbook, the President of the University of Idaho, C. Scott Green, and author Temple Kinyon deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on managing universities through periods of intense turmoil and difficulty. The book offers in-depth managerial insights into the three strategic pillars and industry expert guidance that helped Green shepherd the University of Idaho through years of deep deficits and the COVID-19 pandemic.
You’ll find comprehensive discussions of how the university achieved financial solvency, soaring enrollments, record research awards, and record fundraising amid extraordinary challenges. You’ll also discover:
Perfect for university administrators, University President’s Crisis Handbook will also prove invaluable to academics with leadership responsibilities and managers, executives, board members and other leaders in the public and private sectors.
Timeline of Events
The Vandal Tribe of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1 The Road Home
Chapter 2 Would You Rather
Smart Collaboration: 501 Front Street, Boise, Idaho
Chapter 3 The Non-Traditional
Smart Collaboration: Parma Research and Extension Center, Parma, Idaho
Chapter 4 Lincoln’s Vision
Smart Collaboration: Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension, and Education Center
Renovation, Carmen, Idaho
Chapter 5 Three Pillars
Chapter 6 Reunion
Scott’s Third Rail – Lawsuits
Part II
Chapter 7 Broken
Chapter 8 The Holy Financial Trinity
Chapter 9 Show Me the Money
Chapter 10 Students are Everything
Smart Collaboration: Alaska Air Service to Moscow, Idaho
Chapter 11 Aliens on Campus
Chapter 12 Right Size
Chapter 13 Find Your Sense of Urgency
Chapter 14 Skeletons
Part III
Chapter 15 Putting the Wheels in Motion
Smart Collaboration: Moscow Police Department Renovation to Prichard Art
Gallery, Moscow, Idaho
Chapter 16 A Project for the Ages
Smart Collaboration: ICCU Arena Completion and Grand Opening, Moscow, Idaho
Chapter 17 The Values Wall
Scott’s Third Rail - Athletics
Part IV
Chapter 18 Priority Push
Scott’s Third Rail – Accreditation
Chapter 19 Magic
Smart Collaboration: Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (CAFE), Magic
Valley, Idaho
Smart Collaboration: Rinker Rock Creek Ranch, Hailey, Idaho
Chapter 20 Changing Levers
Smart Collaboration: Hiring Process Evaluation
Chapter 21 Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Smart Collaboration: Visiting CALS Research and Extension Center Locations, Idaho
Part V
Chapter 22 From One Crisis to Another
Chapter 23 Many Hands Make Light Work
Chapter 24 It’s Official
Chapter 25 Uncertainty
Chapter 26 Keep Calm and Vandal On
Part VI
Chapter 27 Meanwhile, Back at the Financial Crisis
Smart Collaboration: Education within Education
Chapter 28 Turning Off the Lights
Chapter 29 Zoom!
Chapter 30 Talks with Torrey
Smart Collaboration: Talks with Torrey
Part VII
Chapter 31 Testing 1, 2, 3, Testing
Chapter 32 Unethical?
Chapter 33 Test Case
Chapter 34 Do It!
Chapter 35 R1-2026
Smart Collaboration: Deep Soil Ecotron Research Facility
Smart Collaboration: Falcon Computer
Smart Collaboration: Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory
Part VIII
Chapter 36 The Grim Reaper
Chapter 37 Open!
Smart Collaboration: McCall Field Campus Overhaul, McCall, Idaho
Chapter 38 A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter 39 We’re Closer Than You Think
Chapter 40 A Shot in the Arm
Chapter 41 Conflict Entrepreneurs
Scott’s Third Rail, Politics
Chapter 42 Every Challenge Has a Silver Lining
Smart Collaboration: COVID-19 Research
Chapter 43 When Evil Visits Your Campus
Part IX
Chapter 44 A University on the Rise
Smart Collaboration: Telling the U of I’s Story
References By Chapter
References A-Z
Resources
About the Authors
Index
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