For over a decade, Virginia Wesleyan University President Scott D. Miller and his long-time consulting and publishing colleague, Marylouise Fennell, Senior Counsel at the Council of Independent Colleges, have served as executive editors of a popular, internationally distributed higher education thought leadership series written by college presidents for college presidents. Originally titled "Presidential Perspectives," the series transitioned to its new name, "President to President" in 2016.
Leadership Rooted in Personal Connection
- Chapter 1: Leading with Awareness: Presence, Patience, and Passion in the College Presidency
- Chapter 2: Building Community by Building Bridges
- Chapter 3: The Students See Everything
Past Editions
- 2022-2023 Series Foreword
- Chapter 1: Educating for a Civil Society
- Chapter 2: A University's Commitment to Social Justice
- Chapter 3: Liberal Arts Education: A Path Towards a More Thoughtful and Caring World
- Chapter 4: Higher Educational Relevancy: Aligning Programs, Economic Development, and Outreach to Community Needs and Aspirations
- Chapter 5: Effecting Change While Respecting the Past
- Chapter 6: Respectfulness and Community: Preserving Legacy in a Modern Era
- Chapter 7: We Are in This Together
- Chapter 8: Unprecedented
- 2021-22 Series Foreword
- Chapter 1: TOWN and GOWN Partnerships to TOWN and GOWN Membership
- Chapter 2: Higher Education's Responsibility to Generate Social Mobility
- Chapter 3: Holistic Approach to Higher Education
- Chapter 4: Race in Higher Education
- Chapter 5: The Role of the President: Leading by Wearing Bifocals Through the Pandemic and Beyond
- Chapter 6: Successfully Navigating the Mask Paradox: The Power of Institutional Authenticity
- Chapter 7: The Cost of Higher Education's Pursuit of Status
- Chapter 8: Post-Pandemic: It's Not All About Technology
- Chapter 9: Toward a Post-Pandemic Preferred Future
- Chapter 10: The Post-Pandemic Student Success Imperative
- 2020-2021 Series Foreword
- Chapter 1: Leveraging Institutional Culture to Foster Innovation
- Chapter 2: Embracing Campus Capital: Formulating a Vocabulary for Change
- Chapter 3: Bringing Corporate America to Your Campus
- Chapter 4: Leading Through Crisis: Leveraging Goals to Build a Lasting Legacy
- Chapter 5: Innovation in a Time of Transition
- Chapter 6: Post-Pandemic Learning and Innovation
- Chapter 7: Leading in Tumultuous Times: The Importance of Mission in Times of Real Change
- Chapter 8: Want to be More Innovative? Ask the Right Questions
- Chapter 9: When the Dust Settles, Higher Education Won't Be the Same
- Chapter 10: Making Connections: How Strategic Education Reform Can Ignite Innovation and Build a Better Community
- 2019-2020 Foreword
- Chapter 1: Educating the Environmental Stewards of Tomorrow: Presidential Leadership and Climate Change
- Chapter 2: Building an Innovation Culture in Higher Education
- Chapter 3: Your City (or Town) is More Than a Place to Call Home
- Chapter 4: Opening the Campus to Comprehensive Education and Careers
- Chapter 5: Mergers and Acquisitions in Higher Education: Is There an Opportunity to Build Competitive Advantage, Collective Strength, and Mission Focus?
- Chapter 6: Innovating to Advance Success for Students' Diverse Needs
- Chapter 7: Leveraging Our Assets: Adult Education as a Tool for Transformation
- Chapter 8: The Digital Transformation Age Means Personalized Learning for All
- Chapter 9: Creative Collaborations: The Promise of Strategic Partnerships
- Chapter 10: The Blank Sheet of Paper: Crafting Curated Solutions for Strategic Partners
- 2018-19 Series Foreword
- Chapter 1: Free Speech and Inclusive Learning Communities
- Chapter 2: From Risk to Reinvention and Revival: Return on Athletics
- Chapter 3: Where Have All the "College Kids" Gone? The Changing Face of the Collegiate Student Body
- Chapter 4: The Case for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities
- Chapter 5: Bridging the Town-Gown Divide
- Chapter 6: Meeting the Needs of the Next Generation of Learners: The Agile University
- Chapter 7: Creating Pathways to Opportunity and Service
- Chapter 8: Increase Your Leadership Impact: Curating a Culture of Belonging
- Chapter 9: From Academic Preparation, through Skills Development, to the Knowledge Continuum
- Chapter 10: All at Once: Never is the Past
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- 2017-18 Series Foreword
- Chapter 1: Engineering a 21st Century Higher Educational Model: Guidelines for Leading the Work
- Chapter 2: Disrupting the Kitchen-Table Decision: One College's Innovation to Change the Risk Calculus
- Chapter 3: Stages of Transformation: Threading the Needle
- Chapter 4: Agility in Higher Education: Key to Synchronizing Student-Centered Advocacy and Public Policy Engagement
- Chapter 5: Staying True to Mission and History: University of Detroit Mercy's Role in the Revitalization of a Historic City and Its Communities
- Chapter 6: Guiding Cycles of Transformational Innovation
- Chapter 7: African American/Black Student Populations: Cutting-Edge Models for Best Practice
- Chapter 8: The Importance of Mentorship in Higher Education
- Chapter 9: The Dominican Experience for All: A Distinctive Program Approach to Innovation
- Chapter 10: Strategic Planning and Opportunism: Leaving Room for Serendipity
- 2016-17 Series Foreword
- Chapter 1: Designing for Integrative Learning
- Chapter 2: The Role of the University in Promoting Community Resiliency
- Chapter 3: After Katrina: Rebuilding a Residence Life Program
- Chapter 4: The StepUP Program at Augsburg: Overcoming the Stigma of Addiction on a University Campus
- Chapter 5: Lessons in Leadership: How a Silent Student Protest Inculcated University Values
- Chapter 6: The Inclusive Campus: Leading from Within
- Chapter 7: Pathways for Success: From Pre-College to Campus Life
- Chapter 8: The Commons Concept: Building Dynamic Living and Learning Environments through Integrated Design
- Chapter 9: Taking Action to Overcome Institutional Betrayal on College Campuses
- Chapter 10: Pathways to Success: Easing the Transition to Four-Year Universities with Comprehensive Guidance and Institutional Support