Developing Tomorrow's Leaders: Context, Challenges, and Capabilities (The Futures Series on Community Colleges) - Softcover

Eddy, Pamela L.; Sydow, Debbie L.; Alfred, Richard L.; Garza-Mitchell, Regina L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147582033X ISBN 13: 9781475820331

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

Developing Tomorrow's Leaders provides a template for leadership development in the community college sector. The theme of the book focuses on the need to move beyond hierarchical leadership to networked leadership that taps talent throughout the institution.

About this title

About the Author:

Pamela L. Eddy is professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership at the College of William and Mary. Her research interests include community college leadership and development, gender roles in higher education, and faculty development. Her scholarship was recognized with the 2013 Senior Scholar Award for the Council for the Study of Community Colleges.

Debbie L. Sydow is President of Richard Bland College, an affiliate of The College of William and Mary in Virginia. She is President Emerita and Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Onondaga Community College and Co-Editor of the Futures Series on Community Colleges.

Richard L. Alfred is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at the University of Michigan. He is Co-Editor of the Futures Series on Community Colleges and Founding Director of the Center for Community College Development. Alfred has published widely in the fields of management and leadership, organizational change and development, and effectiveness and has consulted extensively with colleges engaged in transformation.

Regina L. Garza Mitchell is assistant professor of higher education leadership at Western Michigan University. She has over fourteen years of experience in higher education leadership, including senior administration at a technical college. Regina’s research interests include leadership and online education at community colleges.

Review:

The authors’ backgrounds represent experienced community college leadership and higher education faculty with academic credentials in community college leadership. These multiple perspectives add to the richness and strength of the book. . . .The book calls for visionary leaders who are bold, creative, and willing to take risks as community colleges become increasingly more complex in nature. . . .The major strength of the book is the presentation of the past, present, and future in very clear terms. Further, it provides a clear rationale for change that needs to occur due to the shifting environment both within and outside the institution. This book is incredibly bold and forthcoming as a model for a future community college leader. As stated above, this book may make current community college leaders uncomfortable, as it introduces ideas, changes, and processes quite different from what some current leaders may be using today. . . .Overall, this book is a good resource for emerging community college leaders who want to be at the forefront of change as they are gaining the skills and knowledge to prepare themselves to be effective future leaders. This book also provides strategies for current community college leaders who want to inspire transformation in the midst of the rapid growth and change that is happening at their own institutions. (Community College Journal of Research and Practice)

Developing Tomorrow's Leaders: Context, Challenges, and Capabilities provides a template for leadership development in the community college sector. The theme of the book focuses on the need to move beyond hierarchical leadership to networked leadership that taps talent throughout the institution. The transformational change required in the two-year sector demands new approaches to leading, including tolerance for risk, use of data analytics, and a focus on relationships. New and alternative means for leadership development are presented.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 147582033X
• ISBN 13: 9781475820331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156