Full Description
Presidents of institutions around the globe are facing challenges that have never before been encountered, or experienced, to this magnitude. This includes, but is not limited to: managing budgets during times of economic crises; imposed government policies that were nonexistent in prior years, shifting public trust in higher education, introductions of tools (e.g., AI) that are altering how institutions teach, how students learn, and the production and application of new knowledge.
This book spotlights 13 university leaders from institutions across Australia, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These institutions range from small to large, public to private, and nonprofit to for-profit. Readers who are current university presidents (or aspiring to be) will (1) read of the authors experiences as president, challenges they faced, introspection about their abilities, and (2) acquire tools they can immediately apply to their own situations/campuses/lives.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The History, Origin, and Motivation for this Book
Chapter 2: Amine Bensaid - President, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Chapter 3: Tim Brailsford - Vice-Chancellor & President, Bond University, Australia
Chapter 4: Sabur Khan - President, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh
Chapter 5: Fernando León García - President, CETYS University, Mexico
Chapter 6: Ricardo Mairal Usón - Rector, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Chapter 7: Gonzalo Mendieta - Rector, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
Chapter 8: Juan Camilo Montoya - President, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia
Chapter 9: Tomás D. Morales - President, California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Chapter 10: Letlhokwa Mpedi - Vice-Chancellor & Principal, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Chapter 11: Thandwa Mthembu - Vice-Chancellor & Principal, Durban University of Technology, South
Africa
Chapter 12: Edward Peck - President, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Chapter 13: Kakha Shengelia - President, Caucasus University, Georgia
Chapter 14: Ichiro Tanioka - President, Osaka University of Commerce, Japan
