Summer 2005
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This spring CIC jointly published a book on presidential transitions and co-sponsored an event to publicize a new book on equity in admissions to selective colleges and universities.
Six Integrated Phases Essential for Success CIC co-published a book this spring with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) on presidential transitions in private colleges. Written by CCCU President Robert Andringa and Allen Splete, CIC’s president emeritus, Presidential Transitions in Private Colleges: Six Integrated Phases Essential for Success is intended to help newly nominated presidents, incumbents, those planning their retirement, and board leaders involved in transition work to anticipate and address issues that arise in succession planning and transition. “Bob and Al argue in this volume that presidential transitions are part of a normal cycle of institutional change, not disruptive episodes that defy advance planning,” said CIC President Richard Ekman. “Both authors have been front-row observers of presidential cycles and, as a result, the book provides practical advice on the legal, financial, operational, and emotional dimensions of presidential transitions.” The six phases around which the book is organized are: anticipating a departure; departing with style; searching successfully; preparing for a new presidency; launching a new presidency; and evaluating presidential and board performance. Single copies of the book sell for $18 with discounts available for orders of multiple copies. E-mail council@cccu.org for complete ordering information.
CIC joined with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Brookings Institution, Association of American Universities, Princeton Club of Washington, and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to sponsor a panel discussion of Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education. The book is authored by William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil, and Eugene M. Tobin. The event was held at the Brookings Institution on April 29 and featured writers Bowen, Tobin, and Kurzweil, president, program officer, and research associate, respectively, of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as well as Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and David Breneman, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. In the volume, the authors make the case for selective colleges giving an admissions boost—a “thumb on the scale”—to students from low-income and first-generation college backgrounds, as a complement to race-sensitive admissions. They provide new data showing that the odds of making it into the applicant pool at these colleges are significantly lower for such students. The book is available for $27.95 from the University of Virginia Press at www.upress.virginia.edu/books/bowen_kurzweil.html. Independent |
