Results by title

161 books match the query 'Universities and colleges' and 3 start with n

cover of Natural-Born Proud: A Revery

Natural-Born Proud

A Revery

S.R. Martin Jr.

Utah State University Press, 2010

A young man from Monterey and his younger brother go on their first deer hunt with their minister father and his friends. The setting is 1950s northern California, in country where, from the right height, one can see Mt. Shasta in one direction, Mt. Lassen in the other. It is a region of small, insular towns, and although it is a familiar hunting ground for the Reverend and his buddies, not everyone there welcomes black hunters. Father and son both shoulder their pride, and a racial confrontation seems inevitable.

Among the lessons young Satch learns is the sometime advantage of wit and spine. During their days in the wilderness, the brothers are initiated to the right practice of the hunt and camp and to the ribald talk, needling banter, camp tales, and occasional aggravation of sundry friends. Hunting has a primal nature, but as Satch sees, so may the variable interactions of men.

[more]
cover of Next-Gen Perspectives on Leadership: Coalitional Strategies for Launching Careers, Renewing Curricula, and Defending Democracy

Next-Gen Perspectives on Leadership

Coalitional Strategies for Launching Careers, Renewing Curricula, and Defending Democracy

Charles McMartin

Utah State University Press, 2026

Next-Gen Perspectives on Leadership amplifies voices that have too often been excluded from traditional accounts of academic leadership. Centering the voices of early-career PhDs in writing studies and related fields, this book offers essential and practical leadership strategies at a pivotal moment in higher education shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of new majority students, and the growing influence of authoritarian politics.

Next-gen faculty are leading now. Through coalition-building, care work, and equity-driven initiatives, they are transforming institutions from the ground up. From labor organizing and culturally responsive curriculum design to the care-work of academic parents and the leadership of writing program administrators, the contributors in this collection model the type of coalitional leadership needed in our institutions. Structured around intergenerational dialogues, the book brings together early-career scholars with mid-career leaders—Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Christina Cedillo, and Staci Perryman-Clark—who offer sharp, reflective responses to each section, and culminates in a powerful closing essay by Carmen Kynard. These voices trace a lineage of resistance and renewal, showing how the leadership strategies of today’s emerging scholars echo and evolve the activist traditions that have long shaped writing studies. Next-gen leaders are moving beyond individualistic models of success and embracing collective, justice-oriented leadership practices. This collection invites scholars to study and teach forms of leadership that help faculty and students step into the challenging opportunities they face.

For graduate students and early-career faculty, this book offers a model of leadership that creates meaningful change outside designated leadership roles or institutional metrics. For mid-career and senior faculty, it provides a framework for recognizing and supporting the ground-level leadership already happening in their contexts. This collection is for anyone committed to leading more inclusive and sustainable academic communities and encourages faculty across generations to reimagine how to mentor, collaborate, and lead in ways that reflect the values of equity, care, and coalition.
 
Contributors: Felicita Arzu-Carmichael, Amerdeep Bajwa, Christina Cedillo, Alexandra Chapa, Anicca Cox, Tom Do, Mena Hannakachl, Alice Hays, Charisse Iglesias, Brad Jacobson, Carmen Kynard, Adele Leon, Shaylyn Marks, Sean Moxley-Kelly, Abigail Oakley, Staci Perryman-Clark, Ana Milena Ribero, Jennifer Sano-Franchini
 
[more]
cover of No Equal In The World: An Interpretation Of The Academic Presidency

No Equal In The World

An Interpretation Of The Academic Presidency

Joseph N. Crowley

University of Nevada Press, 1994

No Equal in the World is a comprehensive study of the literature on the American academic presidency from the middle of the nineteenth century—when the first universities, as distinct from colleges, began to emerge—to the present. The book surveys widely divergent literature on the biographies of major presidents at crucial moments in the history of their institutions. The book affords an overview of the development of both the role of the university president and the public’s perception of that role, and indicates where perception and reality diverge. At a time when university presidents must find their way through a minefield of increasingly heated debates over issues such as free speech, curriculum, faculty diversity, and the specter of “political correctness,” Crowley’s book provides a sense of history to those striving to understand the demands of the position. It is an invaluable resource for scholars.
[more]