Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Author Information
Preface
Chapter 1 / The Personal Leadership Journey
Chapter 2 / Academic Affairs and the University Presidency
Chapter 3 / The Community and the University Presidency
Chapter 4 / The University President’s Role in the Administration’s Organization
Chapter 5 / Faculty Life and the University
Chapter 6 / Student Affairs and the University Presidency
Chapter 7 / Admissions and the Administration
Chapter 8 / Intercollegiate Athletics and the University Presidency
Chapter 9 / Religion, Diversity, and the University Presidency
Chapter 10 / University Presidency, Leadership, and Legacy
References
Index

About the Author

Jack Thomas is president of Western Illinois University and has served in several administrative capacities, including provost and academic vice president at WIU and senior vice provost for academic affairs and professor of English and interim dean of the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning at Middle Tennessee State University. Thomas earned his BA in English from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, his MA in English education from Virginia State University and his PhD in English (literature and criticism) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.