Raised at Rutgers: A President's Story (Rivergate Regionals Collection)

In __Raised at Rutgers__, Richard L. McCormick tells what it is like to run a major state university and vividly portrays the often contentious environment in which a university president operates today. He unsparingly recounts his decade of leadership, including his own missteps—those we know about and those we didn’t—as he strove to obtain adequate resources for the university, to overhaul the often confusing organization of the New Brunswick campus, to manage the growth and success of intercollegiate athletics, and to deepen Rutgers’s acceptance of its obligations as the state university of New Jersey. With understandable pride, McCormick recalls and relates Rutgers’s academic achievements during his presidency, including a renewed focus on undergraduate education and a significant increase in funding for research. Most dramatically, he chronicles the University’s protracted efforts to reclaim Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (and ultimately to acquire most of UMDNJ), a goal that was finally realized with crucial help from Governor Chris Christie and former governor Tom Kean. Among the most honest accounts ever written of a college presidency, __Raised at Rutgers__ takes the reader inside one of the best, and liveliest, public universities in America and highlights many of the most critical issues facing higher education today. In Raised At Rutgers, Richard L. Mccormick Offers A Candid Account Of His Life And Work At One Of America’s Leading Public Universities, From His Childhood In The 1950s Through His Tumultuous Presidency Which Began In 2002 And Lasted Nearly A Decade. Mccormick Not Only Paints A Vivid Portrait Of What It Is Like To Run A Major University, He Also Illuminates The Most Important Challenges Facing Higher Education In America.