Dreaming No Small Dreams: Williams R. Harvey's Visionary Leadership
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1930819315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 381 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Dr. William R. Harvey is our Modern Day Dr. Benjamin E. Mays" according to A Customer. I just bought this wonderful book when I went back to Hampton University for Homecoming 200Dr. William R. Harvey is our Modern Day Dr. Benjamin E. Mays I just bought this wonderful book when I went back to Hampton University for Homecoming 2003. I was glad to see such an undertaking written on Dr. Harvey. I found it very interesting and I am now in trouble with my wife because I kept my night-stand light on all night reading the book from cover to cover. I have only one criticism so I will dispense with that first: Dr. Benja. . I was glad to see such an undertaking written on Dr. Harvey. I found it very interesting and I am now in trouble with my wife because I kept my night-stand light on all night reading the book from cover to cover. I have only one criticism so I will dispense with that first: Dr. Benja
from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Black Elite: Facing the Color Line in the Twilight of the Twentieth Century, Three Black Generations at the Crossroads: Community, Culture, and Consciousness an is the editor of Black Women in the Academy: Promises and Perils. She has also published several articles in professional journals.. degree in sociology from Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) and her M.A. About the AuthorLois Benjamin, Ph.D., Endowed University Professor of sociology, received her B.A. and Ph.D
degree in sociology from Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) and her M.A. She is the author of The Black Elite: Facing the Color Line in the Twilight of the Twentieth Century, Three Black Generations at the Crossroads: Community, Culture, and Consciousness an is the editor of Black Women in the Academy: Promises and P
Overriding all else, though, is a commitment to people, expressed as one leader's w9ill to improve the lot of others. In spite of a proud history, social movements and the national economy had brought the institute to the brink of disaster 110 years later when William R. Detailed throughout this book are specific examples of decision making processes, priorities, programs and approaches that worked for Harvey and can work for you as well. Among other such achievements is an innovative venture into commercial enterprise--the profits from which are applied to scholarship funds. In 1868, the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute opened its doors under the leadership of its twenty-nine-year-old founder, General Samuel Chapman Armstrong. ‘If you can help somebody--do it! If you can alleviate someone's pain--do it! If you can brighten someone's day with a kind word--do it! If you can be less bureaucratic--do it! If you can reach out and positively touch just one somebody--do it! If you can alleviate just one somebody's misery--do it!' And don't forget to dream large!. Harvey was appointed president. The institute became a university, sixty four new academic programs were established, the endowment fund has grown to more than six times its 1978 level, the budget has been rescued from a sea of red ink and is now cruising safely in the black, fourteen new building that have been raised and all the old ones spiffed up. Brushing aside sug