LibGuides: LHE-7100: Week 5 Resources

Week 5 Resources

A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools by Doug Lederman (Foreword by); Brent D. Ruben; Richard De Lisi; Ralph A. Gigliotti
ISBN: 9781000978988
Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., & Gigliotti, R. A. (2021). A guide for leaders in higher education: Concepts, competencies, and tools (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Read Chapter 4: College and University Missions and Stakeholders, pp. 44-64.
In this chapter, the authors discuss various internal and external stakeholder groups within higher education with each emphasizing a different aspect of the university mission (research, teaching, and service). Competing interests can lead to conflict in which leaders must navigate as they find ways to include stakeholders in governance and decision-making processes.
Read Chapter 7: The Transition to Leadership, pp. 117-128.
This chapter is fun, using the analogy of pilot and air traffic controller to compare faculty and staff to leaders in higher education. Not everyone who is a great pilot will be a great air traffic controller and vise versa. The same is true in higher education.

Diversity and inclusion’s slow climb
Vollman, A. (2016). Diversity and inclusion’s slow climb. INSIGHT into Diversity, 86(6), 24-29.
In this short report, the author discusses diversity issues at several universities in Missouri as a microcosm of broader diversity and equity issues in the United States. The report includes many statistics demonstrating the scope of the problem.
Shared governance: Opportunities and challenges
Honu, Y. A. K. (2018). Shared governance: Opportunities and challenges. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal 22(2).
This short article provides a concise overview of the history of shared governance, along with the role of boards in shared governance. It outlines some everyday tensions of this model and makes recommendations for addressing these tensions.
The future of leadership in public universities: Is shared leadership the answer?
Pearce, C. L., Wood, B. G., & Wassenaar, C. L. (2018). The future of leadership in public universities: Is shared leadership the answer? Public Administration Review, 78(4), 640-644.
This article provides a compare and contrast of shared governance vs. shared leadership and how sometimes institutions use top-down leadership in the fast-paced, changing environment of higher education. It also includes helpful visuals to depict these different models.