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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Presidential Leadership"”.
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Academic presidential leadership: A study of the presidential leadership of Edmund J. James for the University of Illinois, 1904-1919
… or university often hinges on the president's leadership. Leadership connotes decisive action, yet uncertainty marks many presidential actions. The dissertation uses a historical method to investigate the legacy of functions which underlay academic presidential leadership. The presidency of …
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Presidential leadership and strategic planning: a case study
… emerged from the analysis of data: values, leadership, external factors, internal factors, data, student focus, board of trustees, and competitive situation. According to the participants in the study, all eight of these factors contributed to the strategic planning strategies of the …
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Relationship Between Presidential Leadership Behaviors and Organizational Effectiveness in the Technical Colleges of Georgia
… study was to determine the relationship between presidential leadership and organizational effectiveness in the Technical College System of Georgia. Therefore, through the lenses of the vice presidents, this research answers the following three questions: (a) to what extent do Georgias technical …
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PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND ITS IMPACT ON INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC PLANS AT MID-SIZED PRIVATE, NONPROFIT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
… outcomes. To do this successfully, strong leadership is needed to guide the institution toward achieving the stated goals of the strategic plan, and presidents of HBCUs are the key leaders of these institutions. The purpose of this study is to assess presidential leadership and its impact …
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A Qualitative Case Study Exploring the Processes and Criteria for Presidential Leadership Selection in Three United States Higher Institutions of Learning
… <p>Today, research on U.S. higher education presidential search processes is limited, and existing literature characterizes these searches as reactive postures that are secretive, closed-door practices that have not adapted to the early signals of external seismic change. According to Quincy …
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Decision Making at College Student Newspapers
This study provides a literature review of presidential leadership styles, how college presidents communicate with constituencies, shared student governance and independence of student newspapers. The study involved two surveys: one to Pennsylvania college public relations directors and a second to …
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"Political changes and access policies in Malagasy Higher Education since independence (1960-2008)"
… changed with each major change in political leadership. Four major political periods and four respective main access policy changes were identified from 1960 to 2008. Higher education policy in general changed when there was a major change in presidential leadership. The main conclusions of …
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Woodrow Wilson's principled preaching on United States foreign policy, 1913--1917
… their relationship to his understanding of presidential leadership, good government, and especially foreign policy. Wilson believed that good leaders used oratory to inform the people of important issues and guide them to support the best policies. His speeches reflect what he thought the …
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To Advance a Race: A Historical Analysis of the Intersection of Personal Belief, Industrial Philanthropy and Black Liberal Arts Higher Education in Fayette McKenzie's Presidency at Fisk University, 1915-1925
… philanthropy in Black higher education, and presidential leadership at Black colleges and universities in the Progressive Era.</p>
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The presidency and environmental policymaking: A critical assessment of George Bush
… crafted within the parameters of American presidential power; Although environmental policy outcomes are influenced by nonenvironmental policy calculations, policy transformations over the last three decades warrant investigating environmental policy formation as a distinct field. Public, …
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An historical case study of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in loco parentis
… place of parent under the dominant influence of presidential leadership.
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Agenda-Setting: The Universal Service Case
… the support of rural senators, and presidential leadership. With regard to fundamental differences between the Kingdon and Baumgartner/Jones' theories Kingdon's premise regarding the impact of cyclical events and systematic indicators has more applicability than Baumgartner and …
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Essential Personal Attributes, Skills and Abilities Needed by Aspiring Community College Presidents
… evolution. Boggs (2003) stated that the rate of presidential retirements appears to be on the rise, with 79% of presidents planning to retire by 2012. Weisman and Vaughn (2007) in a 2006 survey found the number of presidents planning to retire within ten years is 84%. The most likely candidates …
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The Importance of Leadership: An Investigation of Presidential Style at Fifty National Universities
Leadership has been studied as an essential component for success in business, government, and military environments. However, the optimal style of leadership in university settings remains unclear. Transformational leadership style has been proposed as efficient for universities, however some …
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De La Salle Christian Brothers' Experiences of Catholic Identity in Higher Education in the United States
… part of the religious life of the campus; that presidential leadership is critical to the Catholic identity of the institution; and, that aspects of the operations of the institution reflect a connection to Catholicism, including the Catholic composition of the student body and faculty in terms …
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U.S. Foreign Policy toward Sino-U.S. Rappraochement in the Early 1970s : A Study of Secrecy in Bureaucratic Politics.
… with China in the early 1970s. It was Nixon's presidential leadership that drove the new China initiative, together with Kissinger as a skilful operator and negotiator. The centralization of power in the White House and the exclusion of the State Department from the direct decision-making …
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A regional approach to American foreign policy : the South Asian experience.
… to the machinery of American foreign policy. Presidential leadership in foreign affairs has brought on a transformation of American-South Asian relations with each Presidential inauguration. Domestic political forces thus influence Washington's approach to the nations of the Indian …
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God Wills It: Presidents and the Political Use of Religion
… I begin my study by developing a typology of presidential religious rhetoric that consists of three basic styles of speech. Ceremonial religious rhetoric is meant to capture those times when a president uses religious language in a broad sense that is appropriate for the occasion. Examples …
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"Selective speaking: The new form of ""Going Public"""
… the causes and consequences of this use of presidential speeches, scholars have relied almost exclusively on analysis of major national addresses rather than the significantly more frequent minor addresses. Indeed, it is these minor presidential addresses that are most responsible for the …
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Syria: In Need of Vision
… to correct problems is an area of interest for leadership and political studies, as presumably vision provides the goal to orient upon and overcome problems, and should apply at all levels of leadership. The worsening situation in Syria since the end of the Cold War begs the questions of whether …
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