Academic Leadership and Governance in Higher Education : A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-Year Institutions. This item is unavailable.Academic Leadership and Governance in Higher Education : A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-Year Institutions

Winner of the 2012 ASHE/CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture Award

To prosper and thrive in an increasingly unpredictable national and global environment, U.S. higher education will need to adapt, innovate, and evolve once again, as it has during every major societal change over the past four centuries.

The purpose of this new edition, published a turbulent decade after the first, is to provide institutional leaders -- from department chairs to trustees -- with a broad understanding of the academic enterprise, strategic guidance, and key principles, to assist them in navigating the future and drive the success of their institutions as they confront the unimagined.

Recognizing that the hallmark of higher education in the U.S. is the diversity of institution types, each of which is affected differently by external and internal influences, the authors provide examples and ideas drawn from the spectrum of colleges and universities in the not-for-profit sector.

This book covers the major functions and constituent departments and units within institutions; the stakeholders from students and faculty through the echelons of administration; the external environment of elected officials, foundations, philanthropists, and the new changing media; and innovations in teaching, technology, data analytics, legal frameworks, as well as economic, demographic, and political pressures.

The book is informed by the proposition that adhering to four principles--which the authors identify as having enabled institutions of higher education to successfully navigate ever-changing and volatile pasts--will enable them to flourish in the coming decades:

The four principles are:

1. Be mission centric by making all key decisions based on a core mission and set of values.

2. Be able to adapt to environmental change in alignment with the mission and core values.

3. Be committed to democratic ideals by seeking to promote them and modeling democratic practices on and off campus.

4. Be models for inclusion, equity, and positive social change.

James T. Harris serves as president and professor of education at the University of San Diego. He is also president emeritus of Widener University and served as the president of Defiance College earlier in his career. Harris has served in leadership roles on several national education associations, including CASE, NCAA, Campus Compact, NAICU, and CUMU, as well as for multiple other state and local governing boards. He has received numerous recognitions for his leadership and service to higher education, including being named one of the “Top Fifty Character-Building Presidents in the Nation” by the John Templeton Foundation, receiving the Chief Executive Leadership award by CASE, and being recognized by the NAACP for his work in support of civil rights. All three of his alma maters have formally recognized him for his service to society, and the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees awarded him the distinguished alumnus award, the highest honor given a graduate. He remains an active scholar and teacher.

Jason E. Lane serves as dean of the College of Education, Health, and Society at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and Professor of Higher Education Leadership and International Education. Lane leads several national efforts to strengthen and diversify leadership pipelines in higher education, including the Association of Governing Board’s Institute for Leadership and Governance; the National Association of System Heads’ (NASH) System Leadership Academy; and the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Hispanic Leadership Institute. Lane has been director and/or principal investigator for more than $21 million in external funding and published nearly 100 papers and more than 10 books, including Multi-National Colleges and Universities (Jossey-Bass, 2011), Building a Smarter University (SUNY Press, 2014), and Universities and Colleges (SUNY Press, 2012). His awards include being named a Fulbright New Century Scholar and the award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education Research from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Previous positions include dean of the School of Education for SUNY at Albany, vice provost and senior associate vice chancellor of academic planning and strategic leadership for the SUNY system, founding executive director of SUNY’s Academic and Innovative Leadership (SAIL) Institute, and director of research for the Rockefeller Institute of Government. He earned a BS in political science from Southeast Missouri State University and an MA of political science and PhD in higher education from Pennsylvania State University.

Gail F. Baker is vice president and provost of the University of San Diego. She was dean of the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media at the University of Nebraska Omaha. At the University of Florida, she served as chair of the Department of Public Relations in the College of Journalism and Communications. She later served as vice president of public relations and special assistant to the president. At the University of Missouri-Columbia, she was chair of advertising and directed the Minority Recruiting Program of the School of Journalism. She also served as president of the Association of Chief Academic Officers. Baker holds a bachelor of science degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, a master of science degree in marketing communications from Roosevelt University and a doctorate in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She held public relations positions with IBM and International Harvester (now Navistar). She was a reporter and editor for the Chicago Daily Defender Newspaper. She has earned recognition for her work as a teacher, scholar, communications practitioner and writer. She has authored books and articles and is the winner of four Emmy Awards for Excellence in Documentary Writing and Producing.

Jeffrey C. Sun is Professor of Higher Education and Law, Distinguished University Scholar, and Associate Dean for Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at the University of Louisville. At Louisville, Dr. Sun established the university’s first competency-based education program, advanced new initiatives for career and technical education teachers, developed accelerated learning pathways for veterans, established several partnerships with the U.S. Army including cadre/faculty development and non-commissioned officer leadership development, created a college leadership development program (i.e., College Academic Learning of Leadership [CALL] Academy), and led projects that expanded his department enrollments more than 25% within 3 years during his time as department chair. In addition, Dr. Sun has served as Project Director and Principal Investigator for over $19 million in grants/contracts examining professional/career education, leadership development, and higher education policy and law. He has co-authored seven books within these areas. Dr. Sun received a BBA and an MBA from Loyola Marymount University, a law degree (JD) from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, and an MPhil and a PhD from Columbia University.