FRONT COVER -- LATINO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES -- DIFERENTES VEREDAS/DIFFERENT PATHWAYS -- INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT/INSPIRATIONAL -- PERSEVERANCE: POR LA VENTANA -- SMALL WORLD: LINKS AND CONNECTIONS -- HARD LESSONS, POSITIVE ATTITUDE -- ¡DALE GAS! GO FOR IT! -- REFERENCES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: CORONANDO LA ACADEMIA -- LATINO LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- THIS VOLUME -- CONCLUSION: FUTURE CLIMBERS AND THE CHALLENGE OF NEOLIBERALISM -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DISSERTATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 THE STATUS OF LATINO PRESIDENTS IN U.S. PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION -- SELECTIVE LITERATURE REVIEW -- A PROFILE OF LATINO PRESIDENTS -- RESULTS -- COMMON THEMES IN THE PRESIDENTS’ STORIES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART I: COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- CHAPTER 3 SHIFTS HAPPEN: THE JOURNEY OF A LATINA COLLEGE PRESIDENT -- EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND EARLY WORK EXPERIENCES -- BALANCING CAREER AND FAMILY LIFE -- MOVING INTO THE PRESIDENCY -- LESSONS LEARNED -- CHAPTER 4 CAREER PATH OF A LATINA COLLEGE PRESIDENT -- INTRODUCTION: CAREER CHOICES – TEACHER OR NURSE? -- INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- TIME OUT FOR PARENTING AND FLORAL DESIGN -- REENTRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION -- A TRIAD OF CHALLENGES -- CONTINUING THE CLIMB -- THE COLLEGE PRESIDENCY -- FULL CIRCLE: OTRA PUERTA -- CHAPTER 5 A LONELY ROAD TO THE PRESIDENCY -- A NURTURED LEADER -- THE TEACHING EXPERIENCE -- THE PRESIDENCY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 CHICANO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS: THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGE IN COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PAST EXPERIENCES -- ASCENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION -- CONCLUSION -- PART II: FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS -- CHAPTER 7 LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES: FROM MIGRANT FIELDS TO THE PRESIDENCY -- FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUCCESS -- REFLECTIONS OF A FACULTY/ADMINISTRATOR -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- CHAPTER 8 THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PRESIDENT: AN UNCONVENTIONAL JOURNEY -- FROM PUERTO RICO TO WISCONSIN -- CONNECTING TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY -- BLENDING SCHOLARSHIP WITH SERVICE -- THE EARLY YEARS AS A COLLEGE PRESIDENT -- MANAGING A FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE END OF REMEDIATION -- LOOKING BACK ON SOME MISTAKES -- NEW GROWTH, FACILITIES, AND PROGRAMS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP: HOW EXPERIENCES AND VALUES HAVE SHAPED MY PRESIDENCY -- THE CHALLENGE -- FAMILY INFLUENCES AND CORE VALUES -- MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 STAYING IN SCHOOL – FOREVER: FROM STUDENT TO PRESIDENT -- THE EARLY JOURNEY -- LIFE IN THE ACADEMY -- TIPTOEING OUT OF NEW YORK CITY: THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER’S INSTITUTION -- LEAVING HOME: THE RESEARCH INTENSIVE UNIVERSITY AND THE JOURNEY WEST -- ENTERING THE DARK SIDE: THE PROPRIETARY, FOR-PROFIT EXPERIENCE -- THE LARGEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY -- LESSONS LEARNED: WHAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY AND PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN A CHANGING AND DIVERSE AMERICA: A CALIFORNIA STORY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STATE OF LATINOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PRESIDENCY -- MY PATH TO ACADEME OR HOW I ENDED UP IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- THE ACADEMIC LADDER (OR TREADMILL) -- THE PRESIDENCY -- LESSONS LEARNED -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 12 ON BECOMING A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: A LATINO PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- GROWING UP IN SAN ANTONIO -- OFF TO COLLEGE -- EMBARKING ON AN ACADEMIC CAREER -- MY PRESIDENCY AT UTSA -- LEADERSHIP PREPARATION -- CONCLUSION -- PART III: THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 13 TWO ROADS CONVERGE -- EDUCATION ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN -- FROM LAREDO TO YALE AND BEYOND -- RETURN OF THE NATIVE -- HELLO, MR. PRESIDENT -- THE FIRST HISPANIC CHANCELLOR -- THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED -- CHAPTER 14 CONCLUSION: FUTURE CLIMBERS: LESSONS LEARNED AND FINAL THOUGHTS -- THE PERSISTING CHALLENGES OF NEOLIBERALISM -- LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF LATINO PRESIDENTS -- ADVICE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLIMBERS -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- .
