PDF-[EPUB] - Winnebagos on Wednesdays: How Visionary Leadership Can Transform Higher Education

Why a strong mission and inspired leadership are vital to the success of Americas colleges and universitiesIn 1998 soon after assuming the presidency of Tulane University Scott Cowen was confronted with a setback Despite an undefeated football season and putting the best financial deal on the table Cowen was unable to retain the schools football coach The coach wanted something the president didnt havea football program so popular as the coach put it that fans would line up their Winnebagos on Wednesdays in anticipation of Saturday games In that moment Cowen improbably found himself in the entertainment businessand his university was deemed wantingAt a time when schools seem overrun by sports programs spiraling costs and absurd ranking systems Winnebagos on Wednesdays argues that colleges and universities of all stripes and sizes can achieve their educational aims if they possess two things visionary leadership and a strong mission Cowen named one of the nations top university presidents by Time magazine in 2009 gives a behindthescenes look at the critical demands faced by many education leaders He profiles a range of situations from how Diana Natalicio of the University of Texas at El Paso expanded a school serving a specific demographic into an academic powerhouse to how Michael Sorrell shifted Paul Quinn Colleges mission to urban entrepreneurship in order to save the institution Cowen also draws from his own hardwon experiences including the rebuilding of Tulane and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the decision to maintain Tulanes football program He shows how crucial choices in tough situations shape organizations for better or illA sweeping overview of the higher education landscape Winnebagos on Wednesdays demonstrates that the courage of transformative leadership is essential for colleges and universities to remain vital. 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The exercises encompass basic-to-higher-level tasks addressing reading, graphics, word retrieval, formulation, and a variety of other language skills.The new edition responds to the comments and suggestions of longtime users with several changes to the content and format of the book. The most visible change is the ring binder that will allow for easy copying of treatment materials for individual patients. Inside the workbook, many questions have been revised and others have been added. The Answer Key to Selected Exercises now contains more exercises and is also part of the text, in its own easy-to-find section of the binder. In addition, the book\'s new, larger font and improved spacing better enables patients with visual difficulties to read the text.This revised and updated third edition will enhance the ability of speech-language pathologists to address the language-impaired population within their practices. Susan Howell Brubaker has revised the classic Workbook for Aphasia to update the language and situations to better serve twenty-first-century patients. Since its first edition in 1978, this highly recognizable blue book has been used by speech-language pathologists as a treatment tool both in sessions and as a home-program supplement, with target populations ranging from adults to early adolescents. The exercises encompass basic-to-higher-level tasks addressing reading, graphics, word retrieval, formulation, and a variety of other language skills.The new edition responds to the comments and suggestions of longtime users with several changes to the content and format of the book. The most visible change is the ring binder that will allow for easy copying of treatment materials for individual patients. Inside the workbook, many questions have been revised and others have been added. The Answer Key to Selected Exercises now contains more exercises and is also part of the text, in its own easy-to-find section of the binder. In addition, the book\'s new, larger font and improved spacing better enables patients with visual difficulties to read the text.This revised and updated third edition will enhance the ability of speech-language pathologists to address the language-impaired population within their practices.