Challenges in Higher Education Leadership: Practical and Scholarly Solutions

In this important resource, experienced higher education presidents and senior leaders come together with respected scholars to tackle the most important and timely issues facing leaders in colleges and universities today. Challenges in Higher Education Leadership advances critical leadership and management skills across a broad array of topics, including student learning, access and affordability, racism, fundraising, athletics, and new technology. Chapters strike a balance between theory and practical advice while promoting the notion that all leaders can learn lessons from one another that can be useful in their own specific contexts. This book poses strategic questions readers should answer, along with advice about how to effectively address today's challenges, providing leaders with the skills and perspectives necessary to respond to higher education students’ needs.

James Soto Antony is Director of the Higher Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA.

Ana Mari Cauce is President of the University of Washington, USA.

Donna E. Shalala is President of the Clinton Foundation, USA.