From Hope to Action through Knowledge: The Renaissance of the University of the Western Cape, 2001-2014 - Couverture souple

Bharuthram, Ramesh

 
9781990995002: From Hope to Action through Knowledge: The Renaissance of the University of the Western Cape, 2001-2014
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1990995004 ISBN 13 : 9781990995002
Editeur : UWC Press, 2020

Synopsis

Its November 2001. A university in dire straits, financially bankrupt burdening a debt in excess of R100-million, a disillusioned and demoralised staff complement still reeling from the trauma of retrenchments, coupled with an academic project facing collapse as student numbers dwindle by a third to less than 10 000. Is there a future for such an institution, described by some as a ‘basket case’ with very bleak prospects of survival? This was the landscape that confronted the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of the Western Cape.Fast forward to December 2014. The CEO retires from office, bestowing upon his successor a financially sound institution with a flourishing academic project, recording unprecedented achievements, enriching the lives of more than 20 000 students, and widely acknowledged as a research-led university. This book narrates how visionary leadership with the steadfast belief that your past does not determine your future, galvanised an entire organisation into believing that a better outcome was indeed achievable, and the will to move forward as a collective with a redefined purpose and commitment to achieve that which was once deemed impossible.

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À propos des auteurs

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, 2008-2014

Institutional Planner and Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor

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Éditeur
UWC Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1990995004
ISBN 13 
9781990995002
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
490
Éditeur
Pokpas Larry
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