The Academic President as Moral Leader: James T. Laney at Emory University, 1977-1993Mercer University Press, 2001 - 250 pàgines During James T. Laney's term of service, Emory grew from a solid regional teaching institution into a major research university. By most salient measures -- endowment, student enrollment, faculty size, and square footage -- Emory's growth was enormous. This book examines how Laney accomplished the transformation of Emory. Particular attention is given to Laney's commitment to Emory's being a moral community concerned with advancing the common good. This detailed analysis provides insight into Emory's maturation as a leading research university, into the moral leadership given by Laney, and into the development of higher education in this country. |
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THE BIG GIFT | 73 |
EMORYS TRANSFORMATION FROM REGIONAL TEACHING UNIVERSITY TO MAJOR NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY | 119 |
CHALLENGES TO THE LANEY PRESIDENCY | 165 |
THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP | 197 |
CONCLUSION | 229 |
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT ON LANEY | 232 |
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11 November 23 June academic presidents apartheid appointment April Atlanta Ault Baccalaureate Address Bishop Board of Visitors campus Carter challenges Coca-Cola commitment concern dean Dzuback Eliot Emory College Emory Magazine Emory University Emory's endowment enrollment Ernest Woodruff folder Collins Frye Fund George Woodruff Glenn Memorial graduate school Harper Harvard Heart higher education Horace Mann Bond Hutchins Indicators of Change institution interview by author issues James Laney Jimmy Carter LaGrange College Laney interview Laney Papers Laney's administration Laney's leadership Leading Out Print liberal arts education million Minter Moral Authority moral community note recording percent phase of Laney's pocket president of Emory private universities racial relationship Report research university Robert W RWWL Sabrina search committee Selected Indicators speeches staff Theology tion Trustee Retreat United Methodist Church University of Chicago University Press university's vision for Emory Woodruff Alpha Files Woodruff gift Yale York
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