scholarly journals Preparing Community College Leaders to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges

10.28945/3884 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 127-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela L Eddy ◽  
Regina L Garza Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Succession Planning ◽  
Leadership Development Programs ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Leadership Pipeline ◽  
Community College Leaders ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
National Training

Aim/Purpose: This article reviews the leadership development literature and posits that a learning centered approach will best support the development of community college leaders. But, it is important to recognize that community colleges have differing needs due to size, location, and the communities they serve. Background: American community colleges have received a great deal of attention over the last decade as institutions poised to contribute to the education of the workforce and to increase the number of citizens who possess a certificate or degree. Concurrently, community colleges also received attention due to the warnings about a pending presidential leadership crisis in the sector. As more and more sitting leaders retire, the demands of the job increase, and fewer individuals seek out top-level leadership positions, it is important to address how to develop community college leaders. Contribution: The review of leadership development literature provides the backdrop for creating new programs to develop community college leaders. A multi-faceted approach is required in which succession planning occurs, graduate programs are revamped, and both individuals and organizations engage in the development of community college leaders. Findings: It is important to recognize that community colleges have differing needs due to size, location, and the communities they serve. Graduate doctoral programs targeting community college leadership and national training programs can help prepare leaders, but they need curricular and program alignment targeting development of authentic leadership and ways to bridge theory with practice. Establishing succession planning can build a robust leadership pipeline that supports networked leadership and nurtures contextual competencies. Impact on Society: Understanding better how to prepare leaders to face the challenges now facing community colleges requires questioning current practices and building different leadership development programs.

Community colleges through the human resource organizational frame

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
W. Reed Scull ◽  
Cliff Harbour ◽  
Keonghee Tao Han
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Community College Leaders

Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper is to encourage community college leaders to make greater use of the human resources organizational frame in understanding their organizations and implementing measures to support its students. Design/methodology/approach The methodological approach: Concepts are drawn from key texts examining human resources organizational frame analysis and community college leadership to locate areas of community college policy development and operations that resonate with tenets of this organizational frame. Findings Connections between some of the typical operations and policies of community colleges and the analytical tenets and concerns of the human resources frame are explored. Research limitations/implications More in-depth literature analysis could well lead to the discussion of additional measures animated by the human resources frame that can be taken to better support students and their learning. Practical implications These connections between the human resources frame and community college policy and methods of operation lead to the authors’ recommendation that community college leaders should make particular efforts think and act with the human resources frame in mind. Emerging issues that are consistent with the concerns and tenets of this frame can be highlighted and recognized for further use in leadership and management practice. Social implications Community colleges are critical in human capital development for all societal sectors. A human resources perspective puts people and human values at the center of organizational analysis. Originality/value We add emphasis to leading recommendations for understanding and practice of community colleges through multiple frames. We suggest that the concerns of the human resource organizational frame can help leaders provide thought and action that has additional relevance and possibility.

Black Women’s Resiliency in Community College Leadership

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone A. F. Gause
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Black Women ◽  
White Male ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Leadership Development Programs ◽  
Gendered Organizations ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

Black women leaders in higher education face a double bind of gender and racial disparity and biases within the education workforce and their institutions. The literature does not fully articulate Black women's considerations when pursuing community college presidencies and the strategies they use to overcome the hurdles and discrimination they encounter. This research expands the literature by using critical race and Black feminist thought as theoretical frameworks to examine the ascension and succession of eight Black women leading community colleges and how they circumvented barriers associated with the male-dominated position. Findings reveal how three elements of resiliency—emotional intelligence, authenticity, and agility—contest and challenge the oppressive nature of White male privilege in gendered organizations. This newfound perspective has implications for the recruitment, retention, and persistence of faculty and administrators, leadership development programs, and succession planning at community colleges across the United States.

scholarly journals Faculty Development in Community Colleges: Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching the Teachers

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Loretta Howard ◽  
Nancy Taber
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Development Literature

This article stems from a qualitative inquiry research project that examined the significant experiences of adult educators. For this article we explore the experiences of our faculty educator participants working within the community college context and examine the ways in which their practice connects to faculty development literature. Key insights gleaned from this research highlight both challenges and opportunities that college faculty developers face today. Our findings call for community college leaders and teachers to more effectively explore the ways in which personal, professional, and institutional epistemologies interact in order to better support learning.Keywords: faculty development, qualitative inquiry, community college.

scholarly journals Supporting Latinx/a/o Community College Leaders: A Geo-Spatial Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Ignacio Hernández, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Community College Leaders ◽  
Original Survey

Community colleges play a significant role in guiding pathways to postsencondary degrees for Latinx/a/o students. To gain a greater understanding of ways Latinx/a/o students utilize community colleges as pathways to degrees, this article focused on institutional leaders, members of one community college professional assocation. An original survey instrument was administered and an exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) using a geographic information systems (GIS) database was conducted. Findings suggest greater proportions of Latinx/a/o community college leaders may be found in metropolitan areas with large Latinx/a/o populations. Author reflexivity and implications for research and practice are presented.

scholarly journals ACADEMIC REDESIGN: ACCOMPLISHING MORE WITH LESS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Technology Management ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Academic Productivity ◽  
Administrative Process ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Service Redesign

Community colleges are under persistent pressure to spend more on technology. In lieu of bolting technology onto essential academic and administrative process at additional net cost, savvy community college leaders are planning and implementing academic service redesign strategies to achieve measurable outcomes constituting gains in academic productivity. This paper presents case studies of four higher education institutions that contracted with Collegis for a range of planning, marketing, student recruiting, academic, and technology management and support services. To be able to accomplish more with less, three strategies are discussed: (1) redesigning individual course sections to increase learning and convenience, (2) redesigning common courses to decrease costs and increase learning outcomes, and (3) redesigning program delivery to participate in flex markets.

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