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This book is both a planning and action guide to assist institutions and their leaders to return to be the essential, responsive, and thriving change-agents that our society desperately needs them to be.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Greatest Challenges Facing Higher Education Today and How to Move ForwardThe Visionary, Educated, Experienced, and Entrepreneurial LeaderRadical Change in Admissions, Recruiting, Engagement, Assessment and Learning Tuition/Development/Fundraising/Grant-Writing and Investing - Traditional Lifeblood Entrepreneuring: Increasing and Expanding Revenue Streams and Moving from Management to Creative Entrepreneurism Partnering for Success: Niche Development and Societal ResponsivenessCultural and Organizational TransformationPandemics, Disasters, and Proactive MeasuresEmerging and Expanding Legal Liability/Prevention to Avoid Unnecessary CostsSuccession Planning/Cutting LossesSummary of Steps for Entrepreneuring the Institutional FutureConclusion
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About the Author
About the author
Mary Landon Dardenis a higher education futurist. She received her doctorate in higher education administration from Baylor University in 2006 and has more than two decades of higher education leadership and research experience. She founded Higher Education Innovation, LLC in 2015, an independent company with the mission to research, study, develop and provide entrepreneurial, innovative, and specialized training for higher education presidents and leaders to help their institutions move from survive to thrive. She is a regular speaker and keynote speaker on the topics of leadership and the future of higher education at conferences and universities globally.
Summary
This book is both a planning and action guide to assist institutions and their leaders to return to be the essential, responsive, and thriving change-agents that our society desperately needs them to be.