Out in Front: The College President as the Face of the Institution

by Lawrence Weill (Editor)

Out in Front provides college and university presidents, especially new presidents, as well as aspiring presidents, with insight on how to be the public face of the college or university. While many programs and books provide opportunities for developing leadership skills, very little is available on just what is involved in being the one person that everyone immediately associates with the school. For many presidents, this ends up being a kind of trial by fire experience. This book fills that gap by providing first hand insights from sitting presidents in higher education on how to deal with some of the most pressing day-to-day situations that leaders in higher education face.

158 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Author, artist and philosopher, Lawrence Weill writes articles and short fiction for both regional and national journals. He has three other books in print: Out in Front, Incarnate, and I’m in the Room. He also has poetry published in a number of journals. His artwork, including sculptures, paintings and drawings, hangs in several galleries.
Lawrence taught philosophy and ethics for many years at colleges in Kentucky and Georgia and his philosophy informs much of his writing. He holds degrees in mathematics, humanities and philosophy of higher education and has completed post-doctoral studies in both writing and philosophy. Lawrence has served in the roles of both academic dean and president at the college level.
An avid outdoorsman, Lawrence gardens, fishes, and saunters around in the woods of far western Kentucky where he lives with his wife Jennie in a house in the trees above a beaver pond. They also love to travel.