Acting on Promise: Reflections of a University President (Polyglot Press Academic Edition)
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Acting on Promise: Reflections of a University President (Polyglot Press Academic Edition) Overview
In Acting on Promise, the author, a seasoned higher education administrator, offers insight into the workings of universities in general and in particular the transformation of one where he was president for twenty years. Under his leadership, Widener University became a comprehensive university respected for its academic quality and entrepreneurial approach to higher education. With the knowledge of one who has been there, the writer shares his perceptions on, among other things, trustees, students, family life in a glass house and the role of athletics in higher education. His reflection on the external and internal forces that make higher education so fascinating is done with humor and candor. Above all, he shares how they all came together at Widener. While not a how to book, there is much that new and aspiring college presidents could find beneficial in this journey from small college to three-campus University. The personal observations on faculty and from inside the NCAA and other national accrediting bodies are quite revealing. For all, it is an interesting look at how one institution redefined its role and place in the higher education universe.
