
The View from the Helm
Leading the American University during an Era of Change
James J. Duderstadt(Author)
The University of Michigan Press
Will be published approx. on 25. April 2007
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-472-11590-7 (ISBN)
Description
Widely regarded as one of the most active and publicly engaged university presidents in modern academia, Duderstadt-who led the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1996-presided over a period of enormous change, not only for his institution, but for universities across the country. His presidency was a time of growth and conflict: of sweeping new affirmative-action and equal-opportunity programs, significant financial expansion, and reenergized student activism on issues from apartheid to codes of student conduct.
Under James Duderstadt's stewardship, Michigan reaffirmed its reputation as a trailblazer among universities. Part memoir, part history, part commentary, The View from the Helm extracts general lessons from his experiences at the forefront of change in higher education, offering current and future administrators a primer on academic leadership and venturing bold ideas on how higher education should be steered into the twenty-first century.
Under James Duderstadt's stewardship, Michigan reaffirmed its reputation as a trailblazer among universities. Part memoir, part history, part commentary, The View from the Helm extracts general lessons from his experiences at the forefront of change in higher education, offering current and future administrators a primer on academic leadership and venturing bold ideas on how higher education should be steered into the twenty-first century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 B & W photographs & 1 Figure
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-11590-7 (9780472115907)
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Person
James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan.