The Evolution of the Community College President in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
Adam Morris ◽  
Keith Zoromksi
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College Presidents ◽  
21St Century ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
College President ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Community College President ◽  
Faculty Unions ◽  
State Governance

The college presidency is in a state of disarray in the 21st century. In the past, community college presidents could focus their efforts on academic programs, community relations, and donor engagement. College presidents could be the visionary leaders of their communities by providing educational programs to help students transfer to a university or allow them to enter the workforce. The job has become more of a reactionary role in which they are required to make quick decisions in a crisis. They are now forced to focus on cybersecurity, pandemic outbreaks, faculty unions, local and state governance issues, and little-to-no state funding.

scholarly journals A grounded theory approach : inter-organizational relationships in community college fundraising

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jacqueline Celeste Almquist
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
State Funding ◽  
College President ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Dialectical Tensions ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Organizational Mission ◽  
Organizational Goals

As state funding for community colleges dwindle, presidential turnover is predicted, even as demands for educational programs and services increase, fundraisers are left to manage relationships and secure resources for organizational mission and vision fulfillment and sustainability. Community colleges provide a rich context for studying inter- organizational relationships (IORs) since fundraising professionals manage multi-layer relationships associated with their organizational role. This unique environment typifies IORs as the college governing board relationship works with the foundation fundraising board relationship in interdependent ways to advance organizational goals. My study presents the Theory of Fundraising Relationship Management (TFRM) as a framework for understanding how fundraising professionals manage the relationships in the inter- organizational community college context. A model operationalizes TFRM and positions the college president-fundraiser dyad as central to the relationship management processes presented in four distinct quadrants: (1) formalizing board interdependence; (2) tailoring interactions; (3) enlisting and educating others; (4) and raising money. The management of these relationships are entrenched with dialectical tensions of empowerment- disempowerment, expressionsuppression, and integration-separation. Implications provide researchers and practitioners alike with the communicative processes embedded in fundraising relationship management by adding to the literature and providing an actionable agenda.

Leadership across the Curriculum

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry W. Tyree
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College President ◽  
Community College President

The problem, says one community college president, is not that we need to develop better leaders, but we need to develop more leaders. Here's how to start.

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