Socrates in the Boardroom argues that world-class scholars, not administrators, make the best leaders of research universities. Amanda Goodall cuts through the rhetoric and misinformation swirling around this contentious issue--such as the assertion that academics simply don't have the managerial expertise needed to head the world's leading schools--using hard evidence and careful, dispassionate analysis. She shows precisely why experts need leaders who are experts like themselves.
Goodall draws from the latest data on the world's premier research universities along...
Socrates in the Boardroom argues that world-class scholars, not administrators, make the best leaders of research universities. Amanda ...