Description: In Raised at Rutgers, Richard L. McCormick offers a candid account of his life and work at one of America's leading public universities, from his childhood in the 1950s through his tumultuous presidency which began in 2002 and lasted nearly a decade. McCormick not only paints a vivid portrait of what it is like to run a major university, he also illuminates the most important challenges facing higher education in America.
Review Quotes: "Dick McCormick has written an uncommonly candid memoir of his career at Rutgers--beginning as a faculty child and ascending to the presidency. He left Rutgers a better place and that legacy will endure."--Mary Sue Coleman "President Emeritus, University of Michigan" (12/9/2013 12:00:00 AM)