Download or read book Vision and Purpose in Higher Education written by Raymond Floyd Howes and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributing Authors Include Gordon Chalmers, Margaret Clapp, Harry Gideonse, And Many Others.

Download or read book Leadership in Higher Education written by Francis L. Lawrence and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of interviews, presidents and chancellors of some of America's most respected universities candidly reflect on their experiences during the decade leading up to the twenty-first century and immediately following it. This was a time of change and uncertainty, when opportunities for achievement and potential for failure made their role uncommonly challenging, and success called for considerable determination, integrity, foresight, skill, and courage. The American higher education system, often characterized as the best in the world, is distinguished for its scholarship as well as its accessibility. Its indispensable role as an engine for individual and societal economic advancement has made universities the targets of media interest, critical examination, and political manipulation. Higher education has become the passport to the American dream, and the percentage of those going to college has increased, challenging individual institutions and systems to accommodate growing numbers of aspiring students while searching for solutions to problems of inadequate college preparation and inadequate financial assistance for low-income students. Despite their increasing importance to the nation, the region, and their communities, public and private universities have seen states reduce their support to their state systems of higher education, shifting the responsibility to individuals and institutions. Leadership in Higher Education traces the careers of thirteen women and men who have presided over a total of twenty universities or university systems and three national organizations of higher education: Robert Berdahl, Myles Brand, Molly Corbett Broad, John T. Casteen III, Mary Sue Coleman, Norman C. Francis, Nils Hasselmo, Shirley Ann Jackson, Shirley Strum Kenny, William English Kirwan, Francis L. Lawrence, Charles M. Vest, and David Ward.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on the Changing Role of College and University Leadership written by Miller, Michael T. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education has changed significantly over the past 50 years, and the individuals who provide leadership for these institutions has similarly changed. The pathway to the college presidency, once the domain of academic administration, has diversified as an increasing number of development officers, student affairs and enrollment management professionals, and even politicians have become common in the role. It is important to understand who the presidents are in the current environment and the challenges they face. Challenges such as dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment shortfalls, Title IX, and athletic scandals have risen to the forefront and have contributed to the issues and role of college and university leadership. The Handbook of Research on the Changing Role of College and University Leadership provides important research on the topic of college and university leadership, especially focusing on the changing role of the college president. The chapters discuss college leadership as it is now and how it will evolve into the future. Topics included are the role of the president at various types of universities, their involvement within university functions and activities, and the duties they must carry out and challenges they face. This book is ideal for professionals and researchers working in higher education, including faculty members who specialize in education, public administration, the social sciences, and management, along with teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in college and university leadership and how this role is transforming.

Download or read book The College President Handbook written by James Soto Antony and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This volume combines specific recommendations, observations, and takeaways filled with candor, humor, and uplifting stories for one of education’s most challenging roles.” —FROM THE FOREWORD An indispensable manual for the most demanding position in higher education, The College President Handbook supports campus leaders in becoming powerful and effective stewards of their institutions. This comprehensive guidebook offers clear counsel in the form of candid essays by highly regarded current and former college and university presidents from across the nation. It pairs their expert appraisals with research and data to examine the critical issues that define the role today. The book's contributors acknowledge the broad skill set that presidents, and their executive teams, must cultivate in order to achieve success. Beginning with a macro view, the contributors address the universal questions of vision that each higher education leader must consider critically and understand strategically: Why be a president? How should campus leadership engage with our board of trustees? What tone should our actions communicate to stakeholders? The book's chapters offer concrete tactical advice in a range of key leadership areas and emphasize essential career skills such as managing financial resources and strategic planning. The contributors speak to student-facing concerns as well as institutional interests, and discuss personal issues specific to the office, such as weathering controversy, attaining work–life balance, and planning for post-presidential life. Drawing on the unique expertise of peers and predecessors, this work will prove to be a core resource for anyone who is or aspires to become a president or chancellor in higher education.

Download or read book The Future of American Public Higher Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded firmly in the 21st century context in which public higher education presently is situated, the objective of this study was to research the change variables that are not merely affecting higher education in the modern era, but most importantly, the determinative change variables, which will define the future role and purpose of American higher education. Moreover, this study sought to illuminate the historical purpose of public higher education using the theoretical lens of social contract theory in an effort to first understand, and thereafter to perpetuate, the societal good that public higher education is intended to serve---for which it was created and has been sustained throughout our Nation's history. Specifically, the study addressed the following research question: Within the current era, what determinative change variables do higher education leaders believe are likely to reshape the societal purpose of public higher education? This question was researched in order to achieve two major purposes: (1) To identify a comprehensive set of determinative change variables by analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data; and (2) To develop datasets and analyses that will facilitate success for public higher education leaders in the modern era as they strive to effectively manage determinative change variables, while simultaneously building a sustainable future for their respective institutions of higher education and sustaining the fundamental tenets of public higher education's public service role within American society. In order to achieve these ends, this study utilized a mixed methods approach within a sequential explanatory research design. The first stage of data analysis began with quantitative data that was extracted from two national surveys of college presidents from both public and private higher education institutions, which were conducted in 2006 and 2013 by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle provided the researcher with non-longitudinal, depersonalized datasets in electronic form, and the 2006 survey included responses from 767 college presidents, whereas the 2013 survey included responses from 395 college presidents. Analysis of this quantitative data resulted in the identification of four initial variables about which research university presidents and chancellors were highly concerned. These included: (1) diminished state and federal funding, (2) institutional reputation; (3) enrollment goals; and (4) fundraising and increasing revenue. During the second, qualitative phase of data analysis the researcher studied the variables illuminated by the quantitative data analysis. This was accomplished by conducing in-depth interviews with nine high-performing public higher education leaders from geographically diverse, public research universities on the East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, Southeast, and Southwest regions of the United States. Within the final phase of analysis, the researcher drew meta-inferences, which identified themes in both the quantitative and qualitative data that are responsive to the research question. Seven determinative change variables were identified, and they are: (1) The multi-faceted impact of diminished state and federal support for public higher education; (2) The impact of information technology in effectuating the "open architecture university," and of data analytics in changing relationship-management techniques; (3) A demographic shift, which is changing enrollment patterns, inter-institutional relationships, and driving an increased need for student federal aid; (4) Commercialization of university research in order to generate revenue, and its impact upon shifting incentive structures and review procedures for faculty; (5) Unsustainable capital infrastructures and operational models for managing higher education institutions; (6) The deleterious effect that rankings and emulation have in creating a false dichotomy between "excellence-only" and "access-only" institutions; and (7) The deleterious impact that for-profit institutions have upon vulnerable populations in society, especially veterans. In furtherance of studying the impact of these determinative change variables upon the social contract between public higher education and society, this study also described the participants' collective vision for the future of public higher education. Finally, the study identified that the social contract is dynamically shifting to focus upon workforce preparation, economic development, and accountability. Therefore, the study concludes that it is important for increasing numbers of higher education scholars to engage in proactive, purposeful, and collaborative research and publication regarding the future of the social contract between public higher education and American society. For this future ought to be purposefully constructed, not unintentionally rendered by determinative change variables.

Download or read book Rethinking the L Word in Higher Education The Revolution of Research on Leadership written by Adrianna Kezar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these times of change and challenge in higher education, pleas for leadership have become frequent. However, the type of leadership required within this new context (of globalization, demographic changes, technological advancement, and questioning of social authority) may call for different skills, requiring a re-education among campus stakeholders if they want to be successful leaders. In the past twenty years, there has been a revolution in the way that leadership is conceptualized across most fields and disciplines. Leadership has moved away from being leader-centered, individualistic, hierarchical, focused on universal characteristics, and emphasizing power over followers. Instead, a new vision has emerged: leadership that is process-centered, collective, context-bound, non-hierarchical, and focused on mutual power and influence processes. This volume summarizes research and literature about new conceptualizations of leadership to inform practice. This is volume 31, number 6, of the ASHE Higher Education Report, a bi-monthly journal published by Jossey-Bass. See our entire list of ASHE Higher Education Report titles for a wide variety of critical issues facing Higher Education today.

Download or read book Scholars on Parade Colleges Universities Costumes and Degrees written by David Alexander Lockmiller and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive handbook and guide to academic cermonies, costumes, etiquette, colors, emblems, and degrees. With historical background from European beginnings to today's megaversities and professional institutes.

Download or read book Reclaiming Higher Education s Purpose in Leadership Development written by Kathy L. Guthrie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain a greater understanding of leadership-learning programs across disciplines, pedagogies, and departments. This volume focuses on the collective and unique capacity in higher education to leverage and align university resources with leadership learning across college and university initiatives. why we should focus on reclaiming the purpose of higher education and embrace leadership development across disciplines, how we can do this and what this may look like, and how we can assess this has happened. This is the 174th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, it provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution.

Download or read book The American College President written by Kenneth Wilfred Chandler and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Higher education institutions face an environment that is increasingly multicultural. However the presidency continues to be dominated by Anglo-European males (89.3%) as reported by the American Council on Education (ACE). Since the position of president is a highly sought position, insight into the preparation for the presidency can be a valuable tool to those who aspire to the position as well as for analysts of higher education leadership. This study adds to the limited literature on the preparation, backgrounds and crucial workplace issues of presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and non-HBCUs. This mixed method study was conducted in two phases: phase one involved determining which demographic, occupational, and other characteristics of presidents of HBCU and non-HBCU institutions are similar or different from each other. The data elements used in this study were provided by the American Council on Education. Phase two involved a set of open-ended, semi-structured interviews to elaborate and inform the statistically significant quantitative differences noted in the first set of analysis. Twenty participants were asked to describe the experiences that shaped their development and led them to the role of president of either an HBCU or Non-HBCU four-year institution of higher education. The participant population was HBCU and non-HBCU presidents of four-year accredited degree granting institutions of higher education. A purposive sampling strategy reflecting a variation of the size of institution, public versus non-public, region of the country, and institutional mission served as the basis for selecting participants. Findings indicate that presidents of HBCUs and non-HBCUs could not be distinguished on the basis of their educational background; that the experiences achieved and experiences that presidents wish they had more of prior to assuming the presidency were similar; and that HBCU presidents compared to non-HBCU presidents can be distinguished by the issues and concerns that dominate their actions (such as planning, fundraising and student issues). This study also provides recommendations for further research in policy and practice."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Download or read book College Learning for the New Global Century written by Association of American Colleges and Universities and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "College Learning for the New Global Century, published through the LEAP (Liberal Education and America's Promise) initiative, spells out the essential aims, learning outcomes, and guiding principles for a 21st century college education. It reports on the promises American society needs to make - and keep - to all who seek a college education and to the society that will depend on graduates' future leadership and capabilities." -- Foreword (p. vii).

Download or read book Duties and Responsibilities of College and University Trustees written by Ben C. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The President s Annual Report written by American Council on Education and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book No Equal In The World written by Joseph N. Crowley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Equal in the World is a comprehensive study of the literature on the American academic presidency from the middle of the nineteenth century—when the first universities, as distinct from colleges, began to emerge—to the present. The book surveys widely divergent literature on the biographies of major presidents at crucial moments in the history of their institutions. The book affords an overview of the development of both the role of the university president and the public’s perception of that role, and indicates where perception and reality diverge. At a time when university presidents must find their way through a minefield of increasingly heated debates over issues such as free speech, curriculum, faculty diversity, and the specter of “political correctness,” Crowley’s book provides a sense of history to those striving to understand the demands of the position. It is an invaluable resource for scholars.

Download or read book Scholars on Parade written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Higher Education written by Franklin Parker and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1980 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report written by American Council on Education and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Smart Leadership for Higher Education in Difficult Times written by David W. Breneman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of sound bites, Smart Leadership for Higher Education in Difficult Times provides an outstanding analysis of the context in which today s colleges and universities operate. The essays are thought provoking, insightful and valuable for preparing our institutions for an uncertain future. Through case studies and personal experience, contributors challenge readers to reflect on our own institutions and re-imagine higher education. Graham B. Spanier, The Pennsylvania State University, US Smart Leadership for Higher Education in Difficult Times makes the case that bridging the time from recession to recovery with typical belt-tightening tactics, without a strategy for fundamental change in the higher education business model, is a formula for failure. Globalization, changing demographics, evolving technology and jobs of the future are only beginning to impact the business of higher education. These trends, combined with the lingering effects of constrained revenue, are the building blocks of a new business environment. Reading this book will jump-start your thinking about how innovation, reorganization, prioritization and strategic investing are necessary for institutional success. John Walda, National Association of College and University Business Officers, US In response to falling state support, limited returns from endowments and increasing costs, colleges and universities have turned to examinations of the mission of higher education and new ways in which its missions can be achieved. Two of the many provocative insights described in this series of papers concern the permanent nature of change in the economic, demographic and competitive environment, and the need for more creativity and innovation. Risa Palm, Georgia State University, US Smart Leadership for Higher Education in Difficult Times offers positive ideas and encouragement from some of the leading thinkers and doers in higher education about how to lead proactively in response to the sobering challenges now facing colleges and universities economic stagnation; the completion imperative; rapid demographic changes; global competition; the stunning pace of technological change; and the tensions among affordability and the stubborn growth in college unit costs. William Zumeta, University of Washington and Association for the Study of Higher Education, US As the US economy emerges from the severest recession in a generation, large questions regarding its long-term ramifications for higher education remain unanswered. In fact, the harshest effects of the economic downturn are likely ahead as campus leadership focuses on enrollment, affordability and fundraising. This volume of essays examines the challenges and opportunities for advancing higher education s core missions of education, research and service in a resource-constrained environment. Many parties will wish to return to the old normal, but fulfilling the mission of higher education will require implementing change in the face of opposition, gaining support from key stakeholders, and maintaining morale in the process. The new normal entails innovating to meet the needs for higher education among a growing population of potential students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, many of whom are ill-prepared for a college education and unaware of how to access it, and a population of mid-career students seeking to retool or reinvent themselves for the labor market. The economic success of both individuals and the US economy are directly dependent upon increasing the share of the population receiving a higher education. Chapter authors include college and university presidents and chancellors, and other senior administrators and thought leaders from the higher education community. They provide new and actionable information to enhance decision-making and inform strategic planning as well as a contemporary examination of the business of higher education and areas of potential new research.