Disrupting Structural Whiteness in Higher Education

For more than a century, students and higher education leaders, practitioners, and scholars have imagined and implemented strategies to subvert racism and advocate for racial equity within U.S. higher education. However, racist campus climates and exclusionary practices persist because institutions of higher education themselves are structurally rooted in whiteness and white supremacy. In this chapter, the authors connect their social and political subjectivities as white scholars with their dedication to the dismantling of structures of whiteness within higher education in order to present one way to transform institutions. Through the presentation of theoretical and practical examples, they make the case that it is the shared responsibility of white leaders across the spectrum of higher education to take action against the racialized policies and norms that privilege white people by examining and abolishing institutional structures that support whiteness. Ultimately, the fight for equity and justice in higher education must center the challenging of structural manifestations of whiteness.

White Higher Education Leaders on the Complexities of Whiteness and Anti-Racist Leadership

JCSCORE ◽

10.15763/issn.2642-2387.2021.7.1.46-82 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 46-82

Author(s):

Dustin Evatt-Young ◽

Brandy Bryson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

White Supremacy ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Racial Equity ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Strategic Plans ◽

Education Leaders ◽

Racialized Violence ◽

In the midst of a global pandemic, racialized violence, and civil unrest, higher education leaders are faced with a difficult reality as their constituents call for meaningful engagement and leadership. While many higher education institutions claim to value racial equity and inclusion and have identified them as hallmarks in their mission statements or strategic plans, a culture of whiteness and everyday white supremacy continue to plague higher education institutions. Given the limited research that examines White higher education leaders’ perspectives on race, racism and anti-racist leadership efforts, this critical phenomenological study explores how ten White higher education leaders navigate racial equity efforts at their institutions and the role their racial identity plays in the process. Specifically, this study examines the complexities and intricacies of whiteness in higher education and offers insight into the development of anti-racist policies, practices, and tools for White higher education leaders to begin thinking about their work in relation to their whiteness.

Higher Education Response to Exponential Societal Shifts - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

Management Quandary

10.4018/978-1-7998-2410-7.ch007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 140-157

Author(s):

Jerrid P. Freeman ◽

Karen J. Haley

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Skill Acquisition ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

Multiple Relationships ◽

The Public ◽

Education Leaders ◽

Institutional Structures ◽

Business Acumen

Higher education is changing in significant ways and cannot continue to operate in the same ways it once functioned. This multifaceted complexity requires leaders to manage and lead not only the business enterprise of higher education, but also societal demands within the context of multiple institutional structures and values. Every leader must understand their role in managing and how to be nimble enough to respond and adapt to the needs of society, students, and business while also developing the quality of education and experience that restores the faith of the public in higher education. Higher education leaders must be willing to take on the management quandary before them—maintain a strong business acumen, manage the multiple relationships inside and outside the Academy, and address the needs of society and business in knowledge and skill acquisition. The current climate presents a scenario where it is difficult for a leader who focuses heavily on only one element and lacks the historical perspective of higher education to be successful.

Framing Your Future Through Employee Engagement

10.4018/978-1-7998-8275-6.ch006 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 94-110

Author(s):

Matthew Williwam Hurtienne

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Employee Engagement ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Organizational Level ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Change Models ◽

Education Leaders ◽

University Leaders

There are many diverse demands and pressures on institutions of higher education. We are now at a time where innovation is required for many higher education institutions' survival and sustainability. However, university leaders should not look to old archaic change models to determine a way forward. Institutional leaders should look for methods to engage all generations of their workforce and decrease the level of resistance to the proposed change. This chapter looks at employee engagement and provides a model that higher education leaders can deploy to stimulate employee engagement and innovation. Framing Your Future is a model that can easily be deployed at a team, department, or even organizational level.

Organizational Change Management in Higher Education through the Lens of Executive Coaches

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci11060269 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 269

Author(s):

Dimitrios Vlachopoulos

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Organizational Change ◽

Change Management ◽

Academic Community ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Organizational Change Management ◽

Executive Coaches ◽

Leadership In Higher Education ◽

Education Leaders ◽

This study investigated perceptions of organizational change management among executive coaches working with British higher-education leaders and factors that make leaders effective when managing change. This basic qualitative research used semi-structured interviews with eight executive coaches selected through purposeful sampling. As main challenges to efficient, inclusive change management, participants mentioned leaders’ lack of a strategic vision or plan, lack of leadership and future leader development programs, and lack of clarity in decision-making. They recognized that leaders’ academic and professional profiles are positively viewed and said that, with coaching and support in leadership and strategic planning, these people can inspire the academic community and promote positive change. Additional emphasis was given to the role of coaching in the development of key soft skills (honesty, responsibility, resiliency, creativity, proactivity, and empathy, among others), which are necessary for effective change management and leadership in higher education. The paper’s implications have two aspects. First, the lessons of the actual explicit content of the coaches’ observations (challenges to efficient change management and views of leaders); second, the implications of these observations (how coaching can help and what leaders need).

Leading from the Center: Indigenous Knowledge Builds Higher Education Leaders

Examining Effective Practices at Minority-Serving Institutions ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-16609-0_2 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 11-25

Author(s):

Cheryl Crazy Bull

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Education Leaders ◽

Historical Review of Distance and Online Education from 1700s to 2021 in the United States: Instructional Design and Pivotal Pedagogy in Higher Education

Journal of Online Learning Research and Practice ◽

10.18278/jolrap.8.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kristen Betts ◽

Brian Delaney ◽

Tamara Galoyan ◽

William Lynch

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

Instructional Design ◽

Online Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Historical Review ◽

The United States ◽

Face To Face ◽

Education Leaders ◽

In March 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted education worldwide. In the United States, the pandemic forced colleges and universities across the nation to adopt quickly emergency remote teaching and learning. The ability to pivot instruction seamlessly and effectively across learning formats (e.g., face-to-face, hybrid, online) while supporting student engagement, learning, and completion in an authentic and high-quality manner challenged higher education leaders. This historical review of the literature examines distance and online education from the 1700s to 2021 to identify how external and internal pressures and opportunities have impacted and influenced the evolution of educational formats pre-COVID-19, and how they will continue to evolve post pandemic. This historical review also explores how instructional design and pedagogy have been and continue to be influenced by technological advancements, emerging research from the Learning Sciences and Mind (psychology), Brain (neuroscience), and Education (pedagogy) science.

Handbook of Research on Transnational Higher Education - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

Observations through a Keyhole

10.4018/978-1-4666-4458-8.ch004 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 59-78

Author(s):

Tak Cheung Chan ◽

Evan G. Mense ◽

Mindy Crain-Dorough ◽

Michael D. Richardson ◽

Kenneth E. Lane

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

History Of Higher Education ◽

Holistic View ◽

Management By Objectives ◽

Online Technology ◽

Education Leaders ◽

Brick And Mortar ◽

History Of ◽

Results Orientation

Global higher education leaders face the most explosive political environment in the history of higher education in the world due to decreased financial resources coupled with increased accountability. As revenues become scarcer, calls for accountability continually increase the five often-competing forces driving change in global higher education. In order to gain a more holistic view of accountability, the authors focus on five major shifts in global higher education: 1) Supply: financing; move from state-supported to state-assisted; 2) Demand: students; by 2020 minority students will be the majority; 3) Delivery: competition; faculty, f2f, online, technology, etc.; 4) Structure: new structures in different locations, internationalization, no longer brick and mortar, brick and click; 5) Productivity: management by objectives and results orientation.

Disability and Equity in Higher Education Accessibility - Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership ◽

Tackling the Emerging New Norms in Higher Education in Post-Recession America

10.4018/978-1-5225-2665-0.ch002 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 46-62

Author(s):

Wayne Perry Webster ◽

Zach P. Messitte

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

The United States ◽

Private Higher Education ◽

Private Institutions ◽

Prospective Students ◽

Public And Private ◽

Cost Structures ◽

Education Leaders ◽

New Situation

This chapter will examine emerging new norms across higher education in the United States following the recession of 2008-09. Colleges and universities face an environment increasingly made up of prospective students and their families shopping and bargaining for the best college deal; institutions are struggling to control student costs by raising discount rates; administrators are seeking to find new sources of revenue and programmatic niches; and faculty are increasingly focused on how to make their curriculum more unique and relevant. Finally, higher education leaders should closely examine long-held recruitment and financial aid strategies, cost structures, academic calendars and mission to meet the new situation. This chapter will summarize the development of the new landscape in public and private higher education, including the growing similarities facing public and private institutions including their common efforts to keep higher education affordable and accessible, and conclude with recommendations for administrators as they navigate their way through the new norm.

The Future of Transversal Competencies in Higher Education Assessment

10.4018/978-1-7998-8275-6.ch015 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 253-268

Author(s):

Jean Cushen ◽

Lauren Durkin

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Early Stage ◽

University Teaching ◽

Assessment Practices ◽

Education Assessment ◽

Higher Education Assessment ◽

Education Leaders ◽

Student Centred Learning

This chapter evaluates the rising significance of transversal competencies and the implications for higher education assessment practices. Transversal competencies are expected to play a definitive role in future of work scenarios. This chapter evaluates the decisions and impacts surrounding the integration of transversal competencies into higher education assessments. In particular, the chapter explores the commitments and adjustments that higher education leaders must make to build the competence assessment infrastructure and supports required. The guiding role ‘student-centred learning' pedagogies can play is discussed. Relatedly, early-stage competence frameworks are offered as insight into how student-centred learning can deliver novel, active, reflective assessments that embrace competence diversity and target meaningful development. Finally, a roadmap is offered for higher education leaders to guide them in this challenging but pertinent transformation of university teaching and learning.

Organizing so Black Lives Matter

Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal ◽

10.1108/edi-08-2020-0222 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Courtney Cole ◽

Audrey Grace

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Faculty Member ◽

Design Methodology ◽

White Supremacy ◽

College Campuses ◽

Police Brutality ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Content Type ◽

Black Lives Matter ◽

Racial Injustice

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to respond to racial injustice and white supremacy, within the context of ongoing Black Lives Matter activism against police brutality through public protests.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors consider the work of organizing institutions of higher education so that Black Lives Matter.FindingsThe authors offer a number of practical insights and suggestions in order to deal with racial injustice and white supremacy and better support Black faculty, staff and students on college campuses.Originality/valueIn addressing issues of racial injustice and white supremacy on college campuses, the authors bring together our experiences and perspectives as diversity officer and faculty member, respectively.