Anticipate, manage, and overcome the complex issues facing
community colleges Practical Leadership in Community Colleges
offers a path forward through the challenges community colleges
face every day. Through field observations, reports, news coverage,
and interviews with leaders and policy makers, this book digs deep
into the issues confronting college leaders and provides clear
direction for managing through the storm. With close examination of
both emerging trends and perennial problems, the discussion delves
into issues brought about by changing demographics, federal and
state mandates, public demand, economic cycles, student unrest,
employee groups, trustees, college supporters, and more to provide
practical guidance toward optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
Written by former presidents, including a past president of the
American Association of Community Colleges, this book provides
expert guidance on anticipating and managing the critical issues
that affect the entire institution. Both authors serve as
consultants, executive coaches, and advisors to top leaders, higher
education institutions, and leadership development programs
throughout the United States. Community colleges are facing
increasingly complex issues from both without and within. Some can
be avoided, others only mitigated but all must be managed, and
college leaders must be fully prepared or risk failing the students
and the community. This book provides real-world guidance for
current and emerging leaders and trustees seeking more effective
management methods, with practical insight and expert perspective.
* Tackle the college completion challenge and performance-based
funding initiatives * Manage through economic cycles, declining
support, and calls for accountability * Delve into the issues of
privatization and employee unionization * Execute strategies to
align institutional goals and mission * Manage organizational
change and new ways of thinking that are essential in today's
competitive environment * Manage issues involving diversity,
inclusiveness, and equity * Prepare adequately for campus
emergencies Community colleges are the heartbeat of the nation's
higher education system, and bear the tremendous responsibility of
serving the needs of a vast and varied student body. Every day may
bring new issues, but effective management allows institutions to
rise to the challenge rather than falter under pressure. Practical
Leadership in Community Colleges goes beyond theory to provide the
practical guidance leadership needs to more effectively lead
institutions to achieve results and serve the students and the
community.
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