Download or read book Community College President s Perceptions of Leadership During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by Lori L. Hunke and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although campus crises have been an ever-present aspect of college life, they have been increasing in number and intensity. While disasters prompted many colleges to prepare crisis plans, the COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges. Effective and timely crisis leadership can affect the crisis outcome. By understanding the leadership styles and behaviors used in a crisis, it can inform best practices for handling future campus crises. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore how the COVID 19 pandemic affected leadership styles and behaviors of Midwestern community college presidents. The study is primarily driven by one question, what are Midwestern community college presidents' perceptions of how their leadership and decisions had changed in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Study data were collected through semi-structured interviews and artifacts. The interviews were analyzed using thematic coding looking for common patterns and themes. The data were examined using a theoretical framework of interpretivism and symbolic interactionism. The conceptual framework incorporated crisis leadership styles, effective leadership competencies, and crisis leadership competencies within the context of community college governance and the COVID-19 crisis. The conceptual framework was to further understand how community college president's leadership style and behaviors had changed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Community college presidents navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the study results, there are five recommendations for practice. The five recommendations are: prioritize safety of faculty, staff, students and the community; develop broad-based crisis management programs, encourage leaders to include mental health services in crisis planning, leverage crisis communications, and understand the criticality of connections.

Download or read book The Case of Faculty Staff and Student Perceptions of Leadership Decisions That Impacted a Texas Community College During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by Anna Ingram and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Community colleges in Texas have experienced a decrease in enrollment in recent years. The pandemic exacerbated the problem, as evidenced by the further drop in enrollment in almost all community colleges in Texas. Odessa College, however, gained enrollment during the pandemic. The current qualitative case study examines the phenomenon of leadership decisions impacting Odessa College from an interpretivist approach. Theories in crisis and situational leadership provide a lens for exploring the phenomenon of leadership decisions and potential impact on a community college, particularly in times of crisis." ---from Abstract.

Download or read book Community College Presidents written by Paula Pando Adelhoch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selected Community Leaders Perceptions of the Role of the Community College and the Community College President in the Community written by George Randolph Parker and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Multiple Case Study of Community College Presidents written by David Jeffery Fox and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multiple case study examined five community college presidents' perceptions of the demands and competencies of community college presidential leadership. The participants were chosen using a purposeful selection method. Ages ranged from 46 to 63 years old (mean = 56 years, SD = 6.15 years). The tenure at their current college ranged from less than one year to over twenty-four years. The interview data was processed into an elite portrait of each president, and from those portraits, conclusions were drawn about the demands and competencies of the community college presidency.

Download or read book Illinois Community College Presidents Perceptions of Leadership for Creating Or Maintaining Learning Colleges written by Peggy F. J. Bradford and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maryland Community College President Decision Making During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by Carlee K. Ranalli and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of community college presidents in Maryland during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors influencing their responses. This research was conducted using a qualitative phenomenological methodology and research design. The researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve community college presidents for the study. Crisis decision theory and multiple ethical paradigms were used as foundational theoretical frameworks. After analyzing the interview transcripts, five themes emerged based on key statements made by the participants: (a) impact on community and engagement, (b) influence of financial pressures, (c) promoting effective communication, (d) fostering a collaborative environment, and (e) attention to mental and emotional well-being. The findings provide insight into recommendations for higher education leaders to guide institutions in future crisis events. This study contributes to research related to crisis decision-making and ethical leadership while also providing tangible recommendations for community college leaders seeking to place their institutions in a position for success during a crisis.

Download or read book The Perceptions of African American Community College Presidents Concerning Their Leadership Styles and Use of Power written by Clarence Edward Ates and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Female Community College Presidents Perceptions of Effective Leadership written by Sherry L. Stout-Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Community Colleges Responses to COVID 19 written by Deborah L. Floyd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2021, community college practitioners, scholars, researchers, and leaders documented the challenge of what worked, what did not work, and lessons learned during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book summarizes the works of 39 authors who collectively wrote 14 peer reviewed papers in areas of leadership, curriculum, funding, social and racial tension, technology and digital access, self, family and community, and health and safety. Readers are challenged to embrace this era with innovative zeal and to continue to document community colleges’ evolutionary changes during this pandemic era. The book will be useful to higher education practitioners, scholars, and leaders, as well as individuals in organizations who are interested in how community colleges responded to challenges of change during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Download or read book Leadership Competency Perceptions of Rural Community College Presidents in the Coastal Southeast Region written by Keith A. Harkins and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Community College Presidency written by George B. Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, published by the American Association of Community Colleges, contains valuable information about the nation's community college presidents. The authors provide a comprehensive profile of these leaders, highlighting different characteristics most presidents hold in common as well as important differences that emerge when data are cross-tabulated according to age, gender, and race. The findings on the risk and stress levels of the presidency could be used to encourage (or discourage) interested individuals to pursue the presidency as a career choice, and could be used by leadership training institutes to advise students about career choices and chances of success. The book contains a foreword by David R. Pierce, and chapters include: (1) "The State of the Presidency"; (2) "Family Background"; (3) "Pathways to the Presidency"; (4) "Assuming the Presidency: Routines and Relationships"; (5) "On the Job: Worldviews and Aspirations"; (6) "Views from the Trenches: Seven Presidents Speak Out"; (7) "Looking to the Future: More Views from the Trenches"; and (8) "The Presidency in Transition." The appendix contains the survey instrument. A subject index is also included. (Contains 27 references.) (CB).

Download or read book Leading the Charge written by B. Jeanne Bonner and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the leadership skills and characteristics that beginning, mid-career, and senior community college presidents perceived to be important to lead 21st century community colleges effectively today, to learn how these perceptions compared to the AACC guidelines of 2001, and to discover whether sitting presidents' perceptions of leadership characteristics were similar or different depending upon tenure in the presidency.

Download or read book The Importance of Leadership Competencies Perceptions of North Carolina Community College Presidents written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research investigated the relationship between certain institutional characteristics and perceptions of North Carolina community college presidents about the importance of leadership roles, values and emotions, and skills. Those characteristics were the size of the institution, the growth rate of the institution, and the geographic setting of the institution. The perceptions of three groups of presidents were studied. One group consisted of the presidents of large community colleges and the presidents of small community colleges. The second group consisted of the presidents of high enrollment growth colleges and the presidents of low enrollment growth colleges. The final group was comprised of presidents of urban community colleges and rural community colleges. Fifty-one of the 58 presidents participated in the study, a participation rate of 87.93 percent. The participants completed the Leadership Competencies Assessment Instrument, responding to 30 specific leadership competencies by estimating the degree of energy they expended in addressing each competency, and by estimating their effectiveness in addressing that competency. The means of responses from the first set of presidents in each group was compared to the means of responses from the second set of presidents in each group using the t-test for the difference between means. It was hypothesized that, for each of the three groups, there were no differences in perceptions about the importance of leadership roles, leadership values and emotions, or leadership skills. The results of the tests indicated that there were no differences in perceptions in any of three groups about which leadership roles, values and emotions, and skills were most important. It was recommended that future research address expanding the study population to include other community college systems; conducting future studies using different methodologies in order to increase validity; and additional study of individual leadership compe.

Download or read book Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges written by Martha M. Ellis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) reports over 900 presidential transitions in the last five years. It also estimated that nearly 50% of presidents will retire in the next 5 years. The flood of imminent retirements of sitting presidents and other senior leaders from community colleges is widely known. As community colleges are facing unprecedented challenges with the exodus of successful presidents, Generation X leaders are stepping in to fulfill the vacant leadership positions. This book is about them—their views on the community college presidency, new challenges facing community colleges, balancing work and other obligations, tapping future rock star leaders, and what every president needs to know that was not taught in graduate school.

Download or read book Perceptions of Trustees and Faculty on the Required Leadership Competencies for a Community College President written by Kevin C. Brockbank and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative non-experimental study is to determine the leadership competencies most desired by members of the community college board of trustees and faculty for a community college president. The study will examine the alignment of those competencies between the trustees and their faculty groups to determine if the two groups seek similar or dissimilar qualities in a president. This research is also designed to further existing research on insights that may be helpful to boards of trustees, faculty, presidential search committees, and other college stakeholders when conducting a presidential search. Data for this survey was collected using a survey instrument designed from the AACC Competencies for Community College Leaders framework, created in 2005. This framework provided 45 illustrations of competencies, representing six major competency areas, which the respondents ranked on a Likert scale. The survey was sent to 751 faculty and 25 trustees across six community colleges in eastern Washington. Descriptive statistics were used to create a demographic profile of the respondents and inferential statistics were used to determine if statistically significant differences existed between the response of the faculty and trustees on each illustration. The Mann-Whitney U and Independent Samples Median test were used to determine if statistically significant differences did exist between the two respondent groups. A statistically significant difference was found in the responses of the two groups on 6 of the 45 competency illustrations. The results of the study do provide implications for future practice that will benefit trustees, faculty, presidential search committees, sitting presidents and prospective presidents. Recommendations for research to further these findings include expansion to a more diverse group of stakeholders and the practical implications of using the AACC model to guide a presidential search.

Download or read book The Importance of Leadership Competencies written by Russell Horton Sharples and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keywords: community colleges, leadership, leadership competencies assessment instrument, North Carolina community colleges, community college presidents.