This is a book about leadership for college and university administrators, written by a professor of higher education who has also had a long administrative career.

The Dancing Other takes readers to France and Martinique to reveal the struggles of people who belong both places, but never quite feel at home in either. Suzanne Drasius tells the story of Rehvana, a woman who feels she is too black to fit in when living in mainland France, yet at the same time not dark-skinned enough to feel truly accepted in the Caribbean. Her sense of dislocation manifests itself at first in a turn to a mythical idea of Mother Africa; later, she moves to Martinique with a new boyfriend and thinks she may have finally found her place--but instead she is soon...

-A is for Alligator? Z is for Zebra?- Let's face it, the animal alphabet has been stuck in a rut. A repetitious, boring, repetitious rut. Isn't it time we looked at the lifestyles of the other animals who share our planet, but rarely share the limelight with their more popular cousins? We've all heard of Snakes, but how about Skinks? You know about Gorillas, but have you ever wondered what a Godwit was, where it came from, or what it tastes like? Why a duck? Diehard animal fans looking for an ABC book that abstains from bears, eschews alligators, and renounces rhinos will rejoice in the...