Truth and Consequences: How Colleges and Universities Meet Public Crises (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

When an emotionally charged issue creates a public crisis at a college or university, the institution must be prepared to react swiftly and firmly. Truth and Consequences uses a series of actual case studies to demonstrate how staff members in a number of institutions have responded to situations that required public accountability. The case studies include the following: the indirect costs controversy at Stanford, the integrity of cold fusion research results at the Univ. of Utah, drug raids at the Univ. of Virginia, a Holocaust denial advertisement at Queens College, the prostitution case at Brown, and the firing of Woody Hayes at The Ohio State University. Each study describes the background of the case, tracing it to its flash point. The author draws lessons from each case study to help colleges and universities of any size develop their own effective crisis management policies.

JERROLD K. FOOTLICK currently serves as professor of Urban Studies and journalist-in-residence at Queens College in New York. As a counselor to colleges and universities on media and public affairs, he has worked with the University of Georgia, the University of California, the University of Illinois, Brown University, Washington University in St. Louis, Oberlin College, the City College of New York, and the Kettering Foundation. During his 20-year tenure at Newsweek, Footlick created the publication's Justice Department, served as senior editor, and developed and edited Newsweek On Campus, a bi-monthly magazine for college students. He earned an undergraduate degree in history from The College of Wooster, as well as a law degree from Harvard University.