Within These Gates

Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency

Jack Thomas

Within These Gates: Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency examines the varied interactions between college and university presidents and their campus and local communities, alumni, governing bodies, external forces that impact higher education, federal and state government entities, and other stakeholders. The text offers a broad view of modern postsecondary institutions while focusing on leadership from a contemporary perspective and combines practical knowledge and theoretical frameworks for leadership models in higher education. Thomas’s personal narratives coupled with relevant professional experiences provide a cogent map for emerging and career scholars seeking college or university presidency or other senior-level positions. The subject matter ranges from academic structures in colleges and universities to managing institutional budgets, shared-governance models, student support, faculty development, facilities management, and fundraising. Thomas places an emphasis on the importance of leadership styles, the various patterns of organizational governance, and principles that are associated with the administration of higher education institutions.

University Press of America

Pages: 122 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-0-7618-6538-4 • Hardback • April 2015 • $75.00 • (£58.00)

Subjects: Education / Higher, Education / Leadership, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Organizations & Institutions, Education / Professional Development, Education / Leadership / Multicultural, Education / Current Issues, Social Science / Sociology of Education

Within These Gates

Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency

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Summary

Within These Gates: Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency examines the varied interactions between college and university presidents and their campus and local communities, alumni, governing bodies, external forces that impact higher education, federal and state government entities, and other stakeholders. The text offers a broad view of modern postsecondary institutions while focusing on leadership from a contemporary perspective and combines practical knowledge and theoretical frameworks for leadership models in higher education. Thomas’s personal narratives coupled with relevant professional experiences provide a cogent map for emerging and career scholars seeking college or university presidency or other senior-level positions. The subject matter ranges from academic structures in colleges and universities to managing institutional budgets, shared-governance models, student support, faculty development, facilities management, and fundraising. Thomas places an emphasis on the importance of leadership styles, the various patterns of organizational governance, and principles that are associated with the administration of higher education institutions.

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University Press of America

Pages: 122 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-0-7618-6538-4 • Hardback • April 2015 • $75.00 • (£58.00)

Subjects: Education / Higher, Education / Leadership, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Organizations & Institutions, Education / Professional Development, Education / Leadership / Multicultural, Education / Current Issues, Social Science / Sociology of Education

Author

Jack Thomas is president of Western Illinois University and has served in several administrative capacities, including provost and academic vice president at WIU and senior vice provost for academic affairs and professor of English and interim dean of the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning at Middle Tennessee State University. Thomas earned his BA in English from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, his MA in English education from Virginia State University and his PhD in English (literature and criticism) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Author Information
Preface
Chapter 1 / The Personal Leadership Journey
Chapter 2 / Academic Affairs and the University Presidency
Chapter 3 / The Community and the University Presidency
Chapter 4 / The University President’s Role in the Administration’s Organization
Chapter 5 / Faculty Life and the University
Chapter 6 / Student Affairs and the University Presidency
Chapter 7 / Admissions and the Administration
Chapter 8 / Intercollegiate Athletics and the University Presidency
Chapter 9 / Religion, Diversity, and the University Presidency
Chapter 10 / University Presidency, Leadership, and Legacy
References
Index