University Presidents and Politicians

Having the Right Tools: the Leadership Frames of University Presidents

The presidency at an institution of higher education demands a person with a multiplicity of skills in order to deal with a multitude of internal and external stakeholders. They must be able to multitask and seek competitive advantage to deal with a myriad of stakeholders. Bolman and Deal postulated that leaders who analyze problems from a variety of perspectives were able to solve more complex...

Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Death: Closing the Constitution's Succession Gap

A Compensation Comparison: Determinants of Compensation for Chief Executive Officers and University Presidents

New Requirements and Challenges for Chinese University Presidents in the Construction of an Innovative Country

University presidents have become a special group worth studying. With the implementation of college education reform, some topics are discussed extensively such as the ideals, values, missions and obligations of the university. As a result, the special group closely related to the university’s fate, university presidents, deserves a profound exploration. In this article, the germ of some ideas...

Underwriting the presidents.

The United States has had 43 presidents. We examined whether they survive significantly longer or shorter than their contemporaries. We found that survival was better for presidents elected in the 1789-1841 and 1933-2001 periods (SMRs of 0.7 and 0.6, respectively), but worse for those elected in 1845-1929 (SMR = 2.9). We also found increased mortality during the years lived in office (SMR = 1.4...