Beyond the Competencies: Adaptive Community College Leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Marilyn J. Amey
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community College Leadership ◽  
College Leadership

Using Social-Situational Learning to Create Career Pathways Into Community College Leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 564-584
Author(s):  
Elena Sandoval-Lucero ◽  
Libby A. Klingsmith ◽  
Ryan Evely Gildersleeve
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Transformative Leadership ◽  
Community College Leadership ◽  
Graduate Assistant ◽  
College Leadership ◽  
Inclusive Excellence ◽  
Situational Learning

This chapter describes a partnership created between a community college and a university designed to create pathways into community college leadership. The program used social-situational approaches to learning, placing students enrolled in the university's higher education graduate programs into graduate assistant positions that had defined responsibilities for the college's key strategic priorities. The program introduced students to multiple leadership pathways through participation in a community college environment. Students engaged in work that significantly advanced the college's strategic initiatives. The program centered social-situational leadership development on multiple levels and circulated through the shared priorities of social justice and inclusive excellence across the community college and the university. The partnership viewed graduate student development through the lens of transformative leadership, focusing on equity, access, diversity, ethics, critical inquiry, transformational change, and social justice. These principles underlie in the mission of both institutions.

Community College Leadership and Technology

2012 ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Petra A. Robinson ◽  
Tyra Metoyer ◽  
David Byrd ◽  
Dave Louis ◽  
Fred A. Bonner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Junior Colleges ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Community College Leadership ◽  
College Leadership ◽  
Virtual Age ◽  
College Leaders

Community colleges serve an important role in local communities across the United States. These institutions, based on their mission, seek to fulfill a social contract as partner in community development in the 21st century. Their function in local and the wider US community is undeniably important; more than half of the college students enrolled in the United States attend community, technical, and junior colleges (Pew Research Center, 2009). Community college leaders face especially challenging times given the economic, social, political, and technological contexts within which these institutions operate. This chapter brings focus to the various nuances of community college educational leadership with specific focus on technology in this new virtual age.

scholarly journals What Happened to Re-Visioning Community College Leadership? A 25-Year Retrospective

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela L. Eddy ◽  
Tehmina Khwaja
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Community College Leadership ◽  
College Leadership ◽  
Intentional Actions ◽  
Participatory Leadership ◽  
College Setting ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Ideal Worker

Purpose: This research sought to determine if the gendered discourse on community college leadership has changed since Amey and Twombly published their analysis of community college literature in 1992. Argument: More women now lead 2-year colleges than ever before, and conceptions of leadership have evolved over time; but has the language used to discuss gender and leadership in leading community college journals changed as well? This research entailed a discourse analysis of 148 journal articles published between 1990 and 2015 to identify gendered language in literature focusing on community college leadership. The language used in the scholarly examination of leadership is a reflection of the ground realities of the community college setting and provides insight into the persisting gendered constructions of leadership at 2-year colleges. Conclusion: Four main findings emerged from this research. First, masculine-normed leadership approaches remain unquestioned in the literature. Second, participatory leadership rhetoric emerged as a trend at the turn of the century. Third, women do the bulk of the writing about women leaders. Finally, ideal worker norms still prevail. The roots of authoritative leadership retain a strong hold in community colleges and intentional actions are required to achieve real change in constructions of leadership.

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