{"product_id":"the-community-college-board-2-0-9781475850253","title":"The Community College Board 2.0","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides the reader with a fresh and comprehensive approach to both considering and implementing an uncommon governance practice that emphasizes a lasting, effective, and a sustaining relationship between the board and president. This discussion encapsulates pre-hiring practices, and principles regarding CEO selection, onboarding, various board membership constructions (both appointed and elected), and new dimensions of board governance that emphasize competition, agility, transparency, effectiveness, and new business models. The discussion also includes elements of policy and by-law design, intentional governance design and development, committee structures and use, parliamentary procedures, meeting construction and effectiveness, CEO contracts and evaluation, board self-evaluation, generative thinking and planning, transparency and addressing board and organizational challenges. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiven that transitioning to a new, enhanced or blended governance model can be diffi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNavigating the rough waters of college governance is not for the faint hearted. But Dan Phelan is not faint hearted. He honed his philosophy and skills as an Iowa farm boy and uses the farm as a delightful metaphor to herd his ideas about governance through institutional pastures. He wins a blue ribbon at the community college fair for this elegantly written, substantive book on governance that is a joy to read.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Terry U. O'Banion, President Emeritus, League for Innovation in the Community College, and Senior Professor of Practice, Kansas State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Community College Board 2.0: Covenant Governance, Dan Phelan uses lessons from his youth on the farm, combined with college observations, research, and his extensive and effective leadership experience to provide valuable insights and recommendations to improve college governance. The idea of a Governance Trial and the concept of Covenant Governance are explained using recent examples and understandable analysis. This publication is a wonderful resource for trustees and CEOs who are serious about improving college governance\u003c\/p\u003e -- George R. Boggs Ph.D, Superintendent\/ President Emeritus, Palomar College; President and CEO Emeritus, American Association of Community Colleges; Chair, Phi Theta Kappa Board of Directors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations and Farming Terminology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Board Governance, the President, and the Why of the Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Governance Archetypes and Their Significance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Evaluating the Efficacy of Board Effectiveness and Agility\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Successful Boards and their CEOs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: A Case for Highly Effective Governance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Transitioning to Covenant Governance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Forward, Ever Forward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040293781847,"sku":"9781475850253","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475850253.jpg?v=1750946287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-community-college-board-2-0-9781475850253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}