Support for the Purpose of Higher Education

The first version of this statement included only attendees at an April meeting of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute program.  During my presidency I attended several convenings of the institute and was allowed to add my name to this important document....

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Excerpt from my upcoming PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENCY

My second memoir, Portrait of a Presidency:  Patterns in My Life as President of The College of New Jersey will be published by Koehler Books on January 21.  See the link for an excerpt in which I write about when it is most effective to manage political circumstance...

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Help Me Choose The Cover of My Next Book

I am very excited that my next book Portrait of a Presidency:  Patterns in My Life as President of The College of New Jersey will be published in January 2025 with Koehler Books!  As in the past, Koehler Books conducts a poll for prospective readers to help choose the...

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Mentoring

Why a Mentor Matters Author in Residence  |  by Barbara Gitenstein Monday, June 10, 2024     Laddawan punna/Shutterstock The success of my career of almost 50 years can largely be attributed to my great fortune of having supportive mentors. "Experience is the Angled...

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Barbara Gitenstein is the author of some 30 academic articles on Jewish-American Literature and academic administration as well as the monograph Apocalyptic Messianism and Jewish-American Poetry