{"product_id":"9781350210578","title":"Scholarly Leadership in Higher Education An Intellectual History of James Bryan Conant","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePerspectives on Leadership in Higher Education\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eScholarly Leadership in Higher Education\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Intellectual History of James Bryan Conant\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWayne J. Urban | Helen M. Gunter | Jon Nixon | Tanya Fitzgerald\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eUrban provides an intellectual history of Harvard presidency of James Bryant Conant (1933-1953), situating   it within the broader international landscape and drawing out the implication   for the current state of higher education with reference to specific   leadership policy issues in the sector. Throughout this volume, Urban   explores the ways in which Conant achieved largely successful attempts to   modernize Harvard by upgrading both its student body and its faculty. He   explores the intellectual excellence agenda that Conant pursued both with   students and academics, and the ramifications of this. He also considers the   nature of Conant's part-time handling of the role of president, the way he   delegated campus control to his Provost, Paul Buck, and the ways the two   operated together and separately. Urban also looks at Conant's own   intellectual breadth, as scientist and humanist, which showed itself   prominently in his activities in pursuit of general education reform.  Conant's combination of intellect and   agenda was unusual for a president in his own time, and is exceedingly rare,   if not completely missing, in contemporary university presidencies. In   exploring this innovative president's time in office at Harvard, Urban offers   pertinent ideas to today's leaders of higher education.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWayne J. Urban\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor at the University of Alabama, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 October 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350210578\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333003608204,"sku":"9781350210578","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ce1e5f4d-870b-409e-bb04-aa64b9f585f2.jpg?v=1783608159","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350210578","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}