Most writings of the origins and careers of academic presidents have been prepared mainly by college presidents in the form of memoirs, speeches, and essays. Complementing such writings are a limited number of research studies that examine aspects of the careers of selected groups of academic presidents. See for example, de W. BolmanFrederick, How College Presidents Are Chosen (American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., 1965); and HemphillJohn K.WalbergHerbert, An Empirical Study of College and University Presidents in the State of New York (Princeton: Educational Testing Service, 1966).
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I wish to express appreciation to Professor WarnerW. Lloyd, University Professor of Social Research, Michigan State University, for the valuable assistance given in the academic president study.
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WarnerW. LloydAbegglenJames C., Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry (Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1955); and WarnerW. Lloyd, The American Federal Executive (Yale Univ. Press, 1963).
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The institutions were selected from Accredited Institutions of Higher Education (American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., September 1967).
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WarnerAbegglen, op. cit., p. 95; Warner, op. cit., pp. 107–108.
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WarnerAbegglen, op. cit., p. 30. Warner, op. cit., p. 386.
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Warner, op. cit., p. 20 and p. 390.
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Ibid., p. 391.
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WarnerW. Lloyd, “The Careers of American Business and Government Executives: A Comparative Analysis,” in Social Science Approaches to Business Behavior, StrotherGeorge B., ed. (Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, 1962), p. 123.
