{"product_id":"raised-at-rutgers-a-presidents-story-rivergate-regionals-collection-9780813564746","title":"Raised at Rutgers A Presidents Story Rivergate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Raised at Rutgers: A President’s Story\u003c\/i\u003e captures in a single volume the experiences of a lifetime. An engaging and intelligent story of one person’s journey through the halls of the academy, it is profoundly personal, yet it resonates with lessons for all of us who have accepted the wonderful vocation of higher education.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- John Sexton * President, New York University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Dick McCormick has written an uncommonly candid memoir of his career at Rutgers—beginning as a faculty child and ascending to the presidency. He left Rutgers a better place and that legacy will endure.\" -- Mary Sue Coleman * President Emeritus, University of Michigan *\u003cbr\u003e\"Through the unique lens of a president who literally grew up with his beloved university, \u003ci\u003eRaised at Rutgers\u003c\/i\u003e combines a historian’s keen observations of events and context with a big-picture understanding of, and passion for, the mission of public higher education. Educational leaders and policy-makers can learn a great deal from this remarkably candid, insightful, and unflinching portrait of challenges and decisions that helped shape one of America’s great universities.\" -- Jonathan R. Alger * President, James Madison University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1          Six Scenes from a University Presidency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2          Coming of Age at Rutgers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3          A Difficult First Year as Rutgers President\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4          The Academic Heart of the Matter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5          Intercollegiate Athletics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6          Rutgers and New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7          Getting a Medical School, Concluding a Presidency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8          Reflections on Leading Rutgers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405785637207,"sku":"9780813564746","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813564746.jpg?v=1730493611","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/raised-at-rutgers-a-presidents-story-rivergate-regionals-collection-9780813564746","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}