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Book SynopsisCommunity College Leadership and Management places emphasis on reframing college practices in order to advance student success. This calls for leaders to be well versed on promising strategies which have illustrated evidence in advancing academic success. Such practices include intrusive academic advising, exit interviews with dropouts and graduates, and the use of technology to supplement face-to-face academic counselor advising. These leaders are aware of and welcome the challenges and opportunities a changing student population presents to community colleges. The authors critically analyze and call for a deconstruction of conventional practices and the construction of new approaches to understand how student success is envisioned. For example, a redefinition of what constitutes student success is advanced. A redefinition of student successas the attainment of an academic, vocational, career, or personal goalis put forth. This broader perception, definition, and me
Trade Review
“The breadth and depth of this book is unequaled. As a leadership practitioner, I find the applications useful and compelling. The chapter on the community college’s role in the achievement gap is ‘must-reading’ for the next generation of community college executives.”—Ned Doffoney, Chancellor, North Orange County Community College
“Leadership of America’s community colleges continues to be one of higher education’s greatest challenges. Carlos Nevarez and J. Luke Wood have focused on exactly the right combination of talents and skills the next generation of presidents and administrators will need to successfully lead our community colleges in the future.”—Brice W. Harris, Chancellor, Los Rios Community Colleges
“Carlos Nevarez and J. Luke Wood have taken the important first steps in bringing the education of community college administrators into the 21st century. From its survey analysis beginnings to its case study presentations, this book goes beyond war stories to a higher level of theorizing the role of administrators in this rapidly growing segment of the nation’s education system.”—Gene V. Glass, Regents’ Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Institute & Graduate School of Education, Arizona State University
“As a community college leader, a practitioner, and an adjunct faculty member at a major university, I am impressed with this volume for many reasons. It is a contemporary look at leadership today—a very realistic analysis of the changes facing higher education today, especially community colleges. It presents authentic, practical ways to develop leadership skills to confront those challenges. The case study approach is one we are using in our own Talent Management Initiative with the purpose of ‘growing our own’ talented leaders. This methodology will result in developing the kind of visionary, skilled leaders who will be able to solve the multifaceted, complex issues higher education leaders routinely face. The time is ripe for the kinds of fresh thinking and new approaches to leading community colleges that are exemplified in this book. It will be an invaluable resource for practitioners, students, and faculty alike.”—Rufus Glasper, Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges
Table of Contents
List of Figures – List of Tables – Acknowledgment – Preface – Case Study Framework – Case Study Matrix – Core Functions of Community Colleges: Past, Present, and Reframing the Future – The Community College Vision and Mission – Historical Legacy of Community Colleges – Community College Demographic Trends – Achievement Gap and the Role of Community Colleges – Advancing Student Success in the Community College – contents – Community College Finance – Community College Governance – Community College Emerging Trends – Leadership for Change in Community Colleges – Leadership and Leadership Theory – Ethical Leadership and Decision Making – Community College Faculty – Instructional Leadership and the Community College – Leadership in Student Affairs – Reframing Leadership Development in the Community College – Index.
