University presidents as moral leaders / edited by David G. Brown ; foreword by Thomas K. Hearn Jr. and John Alexander.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The presidential forum / David G. Brown -- Carpetbaggery and conflagration: Vanderbilt University makes enemies of old friends / E. Gordon Gee -- A response to Chancellor Gee's essay: Crises in waiting: a future challenge for university presidents / Pamela B. Gann -- Presidential leadership in time of crisis / Philip L. Dubois -- A response to President Dubois' essay: Moral leadership / Scott S. Cowen -- A response to President Dubois's essay: The importance of values and principles / Gregory C. Farrington -- A response to President Dubois' essay: Clemson and South Carolinas confederate flag controversy / James F. Barker -- Inaugural transitions: the University of Michigan's affirmative action case / Mary Sue Coleman -- A response to President Coleman's essay: Moral leadership at DePauw / Robert G. Bottoms -- A response to President Coleman's essay: The importance of ethical standards: reflections of a candidate chosen from the inside / Charles W. Steger -- Succeeding a legend at the University of Notre Dame / Edward S. Malloy -- A response to President Malloy's essay: Tell them from the beginning / Lawrence S. Bacow -- A response to President Malloy's essay: Fitting leadership types to the task at hand / Andrew K. Benton -- A response to President Malloy's essay: Leadership transitions at private liberal arts colleges / Dale T. Knobel -- Virtue and leadership: good leaders must first be good people / Albert C. Yates -- A response to President Yates' essay: The importance of personal values / William C. Gordon -- A response to President Yates' essay: Vision, transparency, and passion / David C. Hardesty -- Moral leadership: promoting high achievement among minority students in science / Freeman H. Hrabowski III -- A response to President Hrabowsi's essay: Building trust for enduring change / Pamela Shockley-Zalabak -- The morality of shared responsibility: preserving quality through program elimination / William E. Kirwan -- Leadership and teaching in the American University / Thomas K. Hearn Jr. -- A response to President Hearn's essay: Models for moral leadership: from Wile E. Coyote to Homer / Larry E. Penley -- A response to President Hearn's essay: Searches and succession planning / Graham B. Spanier -- The contrarian's guide to university leadership / Steven B. Sample -- A response to President Sample's essay: Sample's golden mean and thoughts about thought / Larry R. Faulkner / A response to President Sample's essay: Innovation and focus / Marye Anne Fox -- A response to President Sample's essay: Personal qualities for university leadership / Timothy J. Sullivan -- Leading in the unique character of academe: what it takes / Kathleen M. Ponder, Cynthia D. McCauley -- Lessons learned / David G. Brown.

"Originally presented at a series of forums co-sponsored by the Center for Creative Leadership, held at Wake Forest University, each of the nine papers in this book, authored by a university president, discusses a specific issue that president faced during his or her tenure, concluding with the lessons learned. Three other presidents were invited to respond to each paper, and their contributions are also included. The papers and discussions reveal a sense among all presidents that they share a crucial mission, a responsibility for the health of the national culture."--BOOK JACKET.