Leaders In The Crucible: The Moral Voice Of College Presidents [Hardcover]

Regardless of the pressures and problems confronting colleges and universities today, they can ill afford to assume that the only essential qualities of those chosen to be presidents are their abilities to be sound managers, institutional developers, and public relations experts. Nelson argues that college presidents must possess the capacity to use the presidential pulpit as moral leaders.

Presidents are profiled as leaders who shape student character, lead campus communities, and are in the forefront of issues critical to education. From this vantage point, we can better examine the moral beliefs at the core of colleges and universities, understand and appreciate moral leadership in higher education, and consider the foundations and future of the presidency.

Preface
Prologue
The Moral Leadership of College Presidents
Presidential Perspectives: The Shape of Their Voice
Architects of College Mission
Within the Gates
Shaping Student Character
Critical Issues in the Academy: Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Diversity
Beyond the Gates
Hopes for Democracy
The Milieu of Social and Political Issues
The University and the World
Ideological Battles and the Soul of the Academy: The Burdens of the Presidential Pulpit
The Presidency in the Crucible
Bibliography
Index