(Subscription required) Scott C. Beardsley doesn’t make an ominous first impression, but he is of a sort that unsettles many academics: the so-called nontraditional leader. Before becoming dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business, he spent 26 years at the management-consulting firm McKinsey. Beardsley has more company on campuses these days, as detailed in his new book, “Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia.” http://www.chronicle.com/article/Everything-Is-a-Business-/241204?cid=wcontentlist