High-quality leadership in higher education is critical to overall student engagement, persistence, and graduation outcomes. With higher education institutions pushing for more Black enrollment and methods to retain current students, it is essential that institutions reflect the Black academics they serve. In addition, there is a shortage of Black department heads, deans, and provosts to make important decisions about the matriculation of students towards graduation. It is essential that higher education institutions take what they have learned from those who have been in academic leadership roles and develop new strategies to recruit, mentor, and retain high-quality Black academic leaders that reflect the students they will serve. The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact provides experiences, narratives, and best practices that are more inclusive of Black faculty by providing them the opportunity to seek advancement in these critical roles. It presents critical knowledge about academic leadership for Black people and familiarizes readers with policies, practices, and procedures. Covering topics such as predominantly white institutions, second-career Black women, and Black professorates, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for faculty and administrators of higher education, students of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

In an effort to create a more educated workforce in the United States, many community colleges are implementing new practices and strategies to assist under-prepared students. These efforts will ultimately support a stronger and more resilient global workforce. Examining the Impact of Community Colleges on the Global Workforce provides relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks, best practices, and emerging empirical research about new approaches being employed in community colleges to prepare students for their post-collegiate careers. Featuring recent initiatives in educational settings, this publication is a critical reference source for higher education practitioners, policymakers, and graduate students in higher education administration programs interested in the innovative practices utilized by community colleges to educate underserved students.

High-quality leadership in higher education is critical to overall student engagement, persistence, and graduation outcomes. With higher education institutions pushing for more Black enrollment and methods to retain current students, it is essential that institutions reflect the Black academics they serve. In addition, there is a shortage of Black department heads, deans, and provosts to make important decisions about the matriculation of students towards graduation. It is essential that higher education institutions take what they have learned from those who have been in academic leadership roles and develop new strategies to recruit, mentor, and retain high-quality Black academic leaders that reflect the students they will serve. The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact provides experiences, narratives, and best practices that are more inclusive of Black faculty by providing them the opportunity to seek advancement in these critical roles. It presents critical knowledge about academic leadership for Black people and familiarizes readers with policies, practices, and procedures. Covering topics such as predominantly white institutions, second-career Black women, and Black professorates, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for faculty and administrators of higher education, students of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.