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By Douglas E. Clark,Marybeth Gasman

ISBN-10: 0739178369

ISBN-13: 9780739178362

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency of Columbia collage (1948-1953) is one of the least written approximately sessions of his occupation. it's all yet brushed off via historians as a trifling interlude among his provider as global conflict II’s so much celebrated normal and his phrases as president of the U.S.. His Columbia tenure used to be marked through prolonged absences from campus and ongoing political hypothesis concerning a run for the White condominium in 1952. Eisenhower in Command at Columbia disputes the normal knowledge that Eisenhower’s Columbia presidency used to be unsuccessful. in reality, less than his management, Columbia moved ahead in different vital components. Eisenhower’s tenure at Columbia was once, however, tricky from time to time. His loss of either educational event and an entire realizing of educational tradition decreased his ability to steer and broken his credibility with school.

While the publication brings old viewpoint to Eisenhower’s presidency of Columbia, its fundamental goal is to research Eisenhower’s tenure within the context of upper schooling management. His adventure at Columbia is proper this day since it demonstrates the significance of figuring out institutional tradition whilst best a faculty or collage. His choice because the university’s president finds flaws within the approach that also plague forums this day in what's arguably their most crucial activity —selecting an institution’s chief. This booklet will attract students in better schooling, heritage, and college management, between others.

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