Changing the Game : : William G. Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education /

Changing the Game : : William G. Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education / / Nancy Weiss Malkiel.

How a visionary university and foundation president tackled some of the thorniest problems facing higher educationAs provost and then president of Princeton University, William G. Bowen (1933-2016) took on the biggest and most complex challenges confronting higher education: cost inflation, inclusio...

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Malkiel, Nancy Weiss,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.) :; 26 b/w illus. 2 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I Preparation
  • 1 Prologue "I Have Very Serious Doubts" about the Princeton Presidency
  • 2 From Wyoming to Princeton "He Will Probably Turn Up as One of Our Leading University Presidents"
  • Part II Princeton
  • 3 Becoming Provost "Somebody to Handle a Lot of Important Duties"
  • 4 Using University Governance to Manage Campus Tensions "A Most Astute Capacity to Judge What Was Needed"
  • 5 New Man in the President's Office "A Juggler Who Keeps All the Balls in the Air"
  • 6 Building Intellectual Muscle "Making Princeton Stronger in Terms of Scholarship and Teaching"
  • 7 An Initial Failure Grappling with Molecular Biology, "the Most Exciting Frontier of Science We Will See"
  • 8 Inclusion-Gender and Race "Making the Place Much More Inclusive in All Respects"
  • 9 Inclusion-Religion and Residential Life Helping Students "Feel More Included in the University"
  • 10 Board of Trustees "There Was Never Any Broken Glass on the Floor"
  • 11 Students "Cheerleader," "Talent Scout," and a Complex Legacy
  • Entr'acte: Leaving Princeton for the Mellon Foundation
  • Part III Mellon
  • 12 Mellon "The Pace of Things, the Excitement of Things"
  • 13 Shaping the Mellon Agenda "Perfectly Prepared to Take on Really Bold Things"
  • 14 Books That Helped Define the Agenda of American Higher Education
  • Part IV The Full Measure of the Man
  • 15 Director and Trustee "Graced with a Seemingly Endless Supply of Practical Wisdom"
  • 16 "President-Whisperer" "A Kind of Switchboard for Higher Education"
  • 17 The Last Decade "As Many Good Days as Can Be Managed"
  • 18 Afterword: The Bowen Legacy
  • Abbreviations: Manuscript Collections and Oral History Transcripts
  • Interviews
  • Index

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