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Keller, George Charles was born on March 14, 1928 in New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Keller.
(Roanoke College, located in the scenic foothills of the B...)
Roanoke College, located in the scenic foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, emerged by 2003 as one of the solid and distinguished educational institutions in the nation. Professors, long known for their devoted teaching, were publishing more scholarly papers, reviews, and books. The Phi Beta Kappa Council placed the college among the finest academic houses of inquiry in awarding Roanoke College a chapter. With a successful $65 million capital campaign the college tripled its endowment of ten years earlier. This fifty-year history of the school highlights the accomplishments of those leaders who helped shape the school.
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( Forty years ago, North Carolina's Elon College was stru...)
Forty years ago, North Carolina's Elon College was struggling to attract students and remain solvent. Today Elon enrolls students from 46 states and 40 foreign countries. Since 1988, it has erected a new library, student center, football stadium, fitness center, and science facilities on its 500-acre campus. The number of applications has risen 40 percent since 1995, and SAT scores of incoming students have improved by 98 points. Elon has emerged as one of America's most desirable colleges. How did this transformation happen? What can other colleges and universities learn from Elon's remarkable turnaround? Taking a new approach to the study of higher education, George Keller examines the decisions made by Elon's administration, trustees, and faculty to transform a school with a limited endowment into a top regional university. Using Elon as a case study, Keller sheds light on high-stakes competition among America's colleges and universities—where losers face contraction or closure and winners gain money, talented students, and top faculty.
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( Ten years after the publication of Transforming a Colle...)
Ten years after the publication of Transforming a College, Elon University continues to thrive as a school that reinvented itself and its community around the idea of inspiring and guiding students. George Keller’s now-classic account has been used as an inspiration and playbook for many other institutions. Available for the first time in paperback, this edition coincides with Elon’s 125th anniversary. A new foreword and afterword from Elon president Leo M. Lambert tell the rest of the story of the university’s ambitious agenda to position Elon as a top-ranked liberal arts university and a national leader in engaged teaching and learning.
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Keller, George Charles was born on March 14, 1928 in New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Keller.
AB, Columbia University, 1951. Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.
Academy director Great Books Foundation, Chicago, 1954-1956. Instructor political science Columbia University, New York City, 1957-1959, assistant dean, 1959-1961, editor, 1962-1970. Assistant to chancellor State University of New York, Albany, 1970-1978.
Assistant to president University Maryland, College Park, 1979-1982. Senior vice president Barton-Gillett Company, Baltimore, 1983-1988. Senior fellow Graduate School Education University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1994.
Consultant to several colleges.
( Ten years after the publication of Transforming a Colle...)
(Roanoke College, located in the scenic foothills of the B...)
( Forty years ago, North Carolina's Elon College was stru...)
With United States Navy, 1946-1948. Member Association Study Higher Education, Society College and University Planning (Founders award 1988).
Married Gail Faithfull, 1960 (divorced 1973). Children: Bayard, Elizabeth. Married Jane Eblen, 1975.