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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 372 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE: LB2341 -- PART ONE: THE ACCIDENTAL PROVOST -- 1. I LOVED MY JOB -- 2. IT WAS DESTINY -- 3. WHO COULD LOVE BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR? -- 4. FROM SUBLIME TO RIDICULOUS -- 5. REALIZING POSSIBILITIES -- PART TWO: MR. PROVOST -- 6. WHAT IS A PROVOST, ANYHOW? -- 7. BEING NUMBER TWO -- 8. THE PROVOST IS NOT A DEAN -- 9. THE PROVOST�S PERFECT DAY -- 10. THE UNIVERSITY�S STAY-AT-HOME PARENT -- 11. JUST A LITTLE FAMOUS -- LESSONS ABOUT BEING MR. PROVOST |
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PART THREE: MONEY IS WAY AHEAD OF WHATEVER IS IN SECOND PLACE12. A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE -- 13. THE PROVOST�S BEST FRIEND -- 14. WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE THINK WE DO -- 15. WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY WE NEED -- 16. THE STRATEGIC DOORSTOP -- 17. THE PROVOST AIN�T GOT NO ALUMNI -- LESSONS ABOUT MONEY -- PART FOUR: ACADEMICS �R� US -- 18. ACADEMICS �R� US�OR �R� IT? -- 19. STRATEGY �R� US, TOO -- 20. ATHLETES ARE STUDENTS, TOO -- 21. YIN, YANG, AND YOU -- 22. SPEAKING OF STUDENTS -- 23. IN THE SERVICE OF ACADEMICS -- 24. GRADUATION DAY |
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LESSONS ABOUT ACADEMICSPART FIVE: FACILITIES AND OTHER EVILS -- 25. SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER -- 26. SPACE ASSIGNMENTS DON�T DIE, THEY JUST FOSSILIZE -- 27. NEW SPACE IS JUST ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING OLD SPACE -- 28. THE WORST TWO-WORD PHRASE IN THE UNIVERSITY VOCABULARY -- 29. PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULDN�T DO IT THIS WAY -- 30. SNOW DAYS -- 31. HOW THE PROVOST FROZE CHRISTMAS -- LESSONS ABOUT FACILITIES AND OTHER EVILS -- PART SIX: FACULTY -- 32. ADMINISTRATORS LOVE FACULTY, REALLY -- 33. FACULTY ARE THE CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY |
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34. WHERE DOES FACULTY LEAVE OFF AND PROVOST BEGIN?35. FACULTY BARK; THE PROVOST BITES -- 36. TO TENURE OR NOT TO TENURE -- 37. THERE�S NO BUSINESS LIKE THE KNOW BUSINESS -- LESSONS ABOUT FACULTY -- PART SEVEN: PEOPLE MATTER MOST -- 38. POPULUS PLURIMUS MAXIMUS ES -- 39. SHOWING UP IS 95% OF LIFE -- 40. TRANSPARENCY IS ALIVE, BUT PRIVACY IS DEAD -- 41. NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE ME -- 42. LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT THE DOOR -- 43. IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS -- LESSONS ABOUT PEOPLE MATTERING MOST -- PART EIGHT: EXPERIENCE IS A GREAT TEACHER |
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44. FIRST REPORTS FROM THE FRONT45. WHAT IS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, ANYWAY? -- 46. BEING A DEAN HELPS -- 47. IT�S A CLINGY ENVIRONMENT -- 48. DANCING WITH A GORILLA -- 49. THE GORILLA THAT GOT ME -- 50. WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE DANCING GORILLA -- LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE -- PART NINE: WHO OWNS THE UNIVERSITY? -- 51. NO ONE COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN YOU -- 52. A MESSY BOTTOM LINE -- 53. THE FACULTY�S PROPERTY INTEREST -- 54. THE PROVOST�S JOB -- LESSONS ABOUT WHO OWNS THE UNIVERSITY -- PART TEN: BEING THE EX -- 55. STARTING OVER |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
College administrators -- United States.
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College administrators. |
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United States. |
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EDUCATION -- Higher. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nielsen, Larry A., 1948- Provost. First edition 9781579229696 (DLC) 2013005908 (OCoLC)842337198 |
| ISBN |
9781579229719 (electronic book) |
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1579229719 (electronic book) |
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9781579229696 |
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1579229697 |
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9781579229726 (consumer e-edition) |
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1579229700 |
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9781579229702 |
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