When former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels was named Purdue University’s twelfth president, he became one of a small handful of nationally renowned figures to lead an institution of higher education. In an era when university presidents had largely abandoned the role of public intellectual, Daniels immediately captured broad attention for his willingness to take a thoughtful stand on America’s most pressing challenges—in academia and far beyond.
Boiler Up: A University President in the Public Square offers readers a fascinating compendium of commencement addresses, published columns, and transcripts of speeches and hosted events spanning ten years of insights and insightful interactions that put Mitch Daniels front and center among American thought leaders. Throughout the book, Daniels’s sharp intellect, incisive analysis, and delightful sense of humor reign supreme. Via embedded QR codes, readers can “attend” recorded content, including evenings with Condoleezza Rice, Garry Kasparov, Walter Isaacson, and other fascinating people. Whether the reader seeks lessons on leadership or immersion in engaging ideas, Boiler Up is a tour de force of transformative thinking.
Proceeds from the sales of Boiler Up support the scholarship fund at Purdue Polytechnic High Schools.
Mục lục
Foreword, by Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Introduction
Part I. Speeches, Interviews, and Messages
Speeches and Interviews
Messages to the Purdue
Community
Part II. The Columns
Common Sense
Educational Challenges
Keeping Our Democracy (Good Policy and Practice)
COVID and Our After Life
Our Cultural Crevasse
Bad Policy and Its Trappings
Lessons from Science
Part III. Presidential Lecture Series
No Greater Honor — Public Service at Its Finest
How We Got Here — Great Historians of Our Time
The Grand Experiment — The Future of Democracy
A Way with Words — Journalists Writers and Commentators
Great Challenges Great Courage
Science and Sound Thinking
Part IV. The Ten Commencements
Ingenuity
Change
Duty
Intention
Humility
Tribalism
Grit
Connection
Risk
You
Part V. Selected Media Interviews and Articles from the Daniels Decade
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Condoleezza Rice was the 66th United States Secretary of State, the 19th U.S. National Security Advisor, and is currently the Hoover Institution’s Tad and Dianne Taube Director and Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy.
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