Full Description
The complexity of the decisions that today's higher education leaders face—as they engage with a diversifying student body, globalization and technological advances—requires embracing new ways of thinking about leadership. This book examines the new theories and concepts of leadership that are described in the multidisciplinary literature on leadership, and are being applied in other sectors—from government to the non-profit and business communities—to explore the implications for leaders and leadership programs in higher education. At a time when the heroic, controlling, and distant leader of the past has given way to a focus on teams, collectives and social change, the contributors to this book ask: What new skills and competencies should leaders and programs be addressing?The recognition of the interdependence of groups within organizations, and between organizations; of cultural and social differences; and of how technology has sped up decision time and connected people across the globe; have changed the nature of leadership as well as made the process more complex and diffuse. This book is addressed to anyone developing institutional, regional or national leadership development programs; to aspiring leaders planning to participate in such programs; and to campus leaders concerned with the development and pipeline of emerging leaders. It will be particularly useful for administrators in faculty development offices who are planning and creating workshops in leadership training, and for staff in human resource offices who offer similar training.Contributors: Laurel Beesemyer; Rozana Carducci; Pamela Eddy; Tricia Bertram Gallant; Lynn Gangone; Cheryl Getz; Jeni Hart; Jerlando F. L. Jackson; Lara Jaime; Adrianna Kezar; Bridget R. McCurtis; Sharon McDade; Robert J. Nash; Elizabeth M. O'Callahan; Sue V. Rosser; Lara Scott.
Contents
Acknowledgements; Preface—Adrianna Kezar; 1. Revolutionizing Leadership Development. Lessons from Research and Theory—Adrianna Kezar and Rozana Carducci; 2. The HERS Institute. Revolutionary Leadership Development for Women—Lynn M. Gangone; 3. Developing Leaders of Color in Higher Education. Can Contemporary Programs Address Historical Employment Trends?—Bridget R. McCurtis, Jerlando F. L. Jackson, and Elizabeth M. O'Callahan; 4. Facing Organizational Complexity and Change. A Case-In-Point Approach to Leadership Development—Tricia Bertram Gallant and Cheryl Getz; 5. Creating a New Breed of Academic Leaders from STEM Women Faculty. National Science Foundation's ADVANCE Program—Sue V. Rosser; 6. Spirituality, Religious Pluralism, and Higher Education Leadership Development—Robert J. Nash and Lara Scott; 7. Leadership Programs for a Family-Friendly Campus—Jaime Lester; 8. Creating Faculty Activism and Grassroots Leadership. An Open Letter to Aspiring Activists—Jeni Hart; 9. Changing The Guard in Community Colleges. The Role of Leadership Development—Pamela Eddy; 10. Higher Education Leadership Development Programs in the Marketplace—Sharon A. McDade; 11. Reflections on the Leadership Marketplace—Adrianna Kezar and Laurel Beesemyer; About the Contributors; Index.
