New Deans, New Directions [Archive.org URL]

Business school deans once cloistered themselves in ivy-covered towers within serene university settings, isolated from real world pressures. But no longer. Today, the top job at the world’s top schools presents challenges akin to those faced by corporate CEOs. Competition among schools has intensified, international curriculum and campuses are now de rigeur, and faculty recruitment and retention is more challenging. The demands of these new responsibilities are, in turn, shaping a new breed of dean, as well as shorter tenures and higher turnover in the posts.

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