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Lessons Learned

Reflections of a University President

Lessons Learned( )
Author: Bowen, William G.
Series title:The William G. Bowen Ser.
ISBN:978-0-691-15808-2
Publication Date:Apr 2013
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $20.95
Book Description:

An insider's account of higher education from a legendary university leader Lessons Learned gives unprecedented access to the university president's office, providing a unique set of reflections on the challenges involved in leading both research universities and liberal arts colleges. In this landmark book, William Bowen, former president of Princeton University and of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and coauthor of the acclaimed bestseller The Shape...
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Book Details
Pages:184
Detailed Subjects: Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
Education / Administration / Higher
Education / Leadership
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.084 x 9.75 x 0.441 Inches
Book Weight:0.812 Pounds
Author Biography
Bowen, William G. (Author)
William G. Bowen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 6, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in economics in 1955 from Denison University and a doctorate from Princeton University. The university hired him as an assistant professor and promoted him to full professor in 1965. He was the director of graduate studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton from 1964 to 1966. He was the president of the university from 1972 to 1988. While president, he pressed elite colleges to give preference to poor and minority applicants and oversaw the first admission of women to Princeton University.

He wrote or co-wrote about two dozen books during his lifetime including The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education, and The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values. His memoir, Lessons Learned: Reflections of a University President, was published in 2011. In 2012, he received the National Humanities Medal for putting "theories into practice" in economics and higher education. He died from colon cancer on October 20, 2016 at the age of 83.

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