Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education

A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-Year Institutions

James T. Harris, Jason E. Lane, Gail F. Baker, Jeffrey C. Sun

• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781642674101
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

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.

Table of contents

• Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education: A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-Year Institutions
• COPYRIGHT © 2022 BY STYLUS PUBLISHING, LLC.
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Foreword to the First Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Principles of Academic Leadership
• PART ONE: Historical, Contextual, and Theoretical Underpinnings
• Chapter 2: The Changing Contexts for Higher Education
• Chapter 3: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Chapter 4: Understanding Academic Organizations
• PART TWO: Political, Legal, and Global Considerations
• Chapter 5: Global Engagement of Colleges and Universities
• Chapter 6: Federal Engagement in Higher Education
• Chapter 7: State and Local Governments' Relationship with Higher Education
• Chapter 8: The Courts and Higher Education
• PART THREE: The Boundary Spanners
• Chapter 9: The Engaged College or University
• Chapter 10: Trusteeship and Lay Governance
• Chapter 11: The Academic Presidency
• Chapter 12: Engaging the External Environment
• PART FOUR: The Academic Core
• Chapter 13: Governance of the Academic Core
• Chapter 14: Academic Departments and Departmental Leadership
• PART FIVE: Implementation of the Academic Mission
• Chapter 15: The Student Experience
• Chapter 16: Planning, Assessment, and Budgeting
• The Writing Team
• Index