Stephen J. Nelson is professor of education and educational Leadership at Bridgewater State University, and senior scholar in the Leadership Alliance at Brown University.
Professor Nelson has produced an engaging and provocative exploration of how religious influences have shaped the core values of American higher education. He traces an arc from the founding of Harvard College to the realities of the modern university, arguing that the fundamentals have long endured. For presidents, trustees, and other higher education leaders navigating today’s cross-cutting political pressures, the book is a worthy read that offers a powerful case for importance of remaining faithful to those fundamentals. -- Robert Iuliano, Gettysburg College