Cautionary Tales

Cautionary Tales

Alice W. Brown

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2012
ISBN:
9781579227807
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While this book is of immediate practical value for trustees and leaders of small colleges as they look toward and plan for the future and for anyone aspiring to an administrative positions in higher education, the examples constitute a microcosm of the interplay between the external constituencies, governance structures and internal forces.

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