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Using an engaging case study approach,
Leading for Tomorrow provides new and emerging college and university administrators with real-world examples that will help them reflect on their own management and communication styles. It also offers practical solutions for how to deal with escalating challenges in the field of higher education, from decreasing state funding to political controversies on campus.
Sommario
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 Leadership and Learning on the Fly
2 Courageous Leadership During Times of Change
3 Communication: Talking About the Walk
4 Conflict Management
5 Strategic Thinking, Planning, and Decision-Making
6 Student Success-Tools that Matter
7 Partnering with Others: Networked Leadership
8 Preparing to Address Higher Education Trends
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Info autore
PAMELA L. EDDY is a professor and department chair in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership at William & Mary in Virginia. She is the author or editor of twelve books, including the co-edited collection
Critical Approaches to Women and Gender in Higher Education. Eddy serves as the editor-in-chief for
New Directions for Community Colleges.
ELIZABETH KIRBY is the Dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University. She has over thirty years of experience in K-12 and higher education and has held a variety of administrative roles within the college.
ADRIANNA KEZAR is co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education and a professor of higher education at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education.
