Stephen J. Nelson is professor of educational leadership at Bridgewater State University and Senior Scholar with the Leadership Alliance at Brown University. In the following Q&A, NEJHE Executive Editor John…
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Lessons in College Presidential Appointments: Dartmouth College to the University of Florida
In April 1981, David McLaughlin was named the 14th president of Dartmouth College. Though separated by four decades, there are striking similarities between Dartmouth’s appointment of McLaughlin and the University… Read more »
The Ghost of Affirmative Action Past: Courage in the Bully Pulpit at Dartmouth
The Supreme Court is taking up affirmative action at colleges and universities for the sixth time in 50 years. In that litany, an early case was the University of California… Read more »
John Hennessey, Barrier Breaker
John Hennessey lived a remarkable, full life as a professor, as a leader in his field of management and business, and moral, ethical leadership, and as dean at Dartmouth College’s… Read more »
Race-Baiting on Campus: A College President Speaks Up About Diversity
A college president spoke up to his students and campus community the other day. His concern was a timely topic: race and race relations, bigotry and racial slurs. And who… Read more »
The Conundrums of the University’s Ideological Battlegrounds
The lively experiment that is the college and university in America is characterized by sustained struggles and tempered triumphs that have both undergirded and challenged the fundamental foundation of the… Read more »
Reflecting: Perspectives on the College Presidency
Following are perspectives from Stephen J. Nelson, who recently wrote his fifth book about college presidents, College Presidents Reflect: Life in and out of the Ivory Tower. Nelson is associate… Read more »
Fall 2009 NEJHE Unveils New Findings on Community Colleges and Students with Disabilities
BOSTON—President Obama’s strategy to increase degree attainment will require increased graduation by community college students, many of whom have disabilities, according to a new study by Northeastern University economists Neeta… Read more »
Fall 2004 CONNECTION: Examining the College President’s Bully Pulpit
BOSTON—New England’s college presidents strike a delicate balance as they attempt to weigh in on major issues without alienating big financial donors or other campus constituencies, according to the Fall… Read more »
Tales from the Presidency: The Dartmouth and NYU Chapters
An expert on the college presidency weighs on on challenges facing presidents at Dartmouth and NYU … Cashing chips at Dartmouth? Dartmouth College did not need the round of controversial… Read more »