Turnaround: Leading Stressed Colleges and Universities to Excellence
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Overview
Nearly one thousand colleges and universities in the United States face major challenges—from catastrophic hurricanes to loss of accreditation to sagging enrollment. What can leaders of such at-risk institutions do to improve their situation? Turnaround gives college and university leaders the tools they need to put their fragile institutions back on a path to success.
This comprehensive handbook outlines how board members, presidents, and administrators can identify their institutions' weaknesses, implement plans for improvement, and mitigate existing damage. Turnaround also identifies the legal pitfalls that often accompany institutional change, offering solutions for how to overcome such obstacles or avoid them altogether.
Evaluating the experiences of two hundred college leaders, the contributors share such critical information as:
• 20 indicators of institutional vulnerability
• 10 necessary skills for presidents directing a turnaround
• 5 characteristics of institutions that have completed successful turnarounds
• 10 lessons of successful turnarounds
Featuring candid advice from decision makers who have faced severe challenges, Turnaround is a valuable resource for college and university leaders facing tough times.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801898822 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2009 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 328 |
| File size: | 3 MB |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
James Martin is a professor of English at Mount Ida College and academic vice president of The Education Alliance. James E. Samels is CEO and president of The Education Alliance and founder of Samels & Associates, a law firm concentrating in higher education law. They are the authors of The Sustainable University: Green Goals and New Challenges for Higher Education Leaders, Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change, Merging Colleges for Mutual Growth: A New Strategy for Academic Managers, and First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer, all published by Johns Hopkins.
James E. Samels is CEO and president of The Education Alliance and founder of Samels & Associates, a law firm concentrating in higher education law. They are the authors of Turnaround: Leading Stressed Colleges and Universities to Excellence; Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change; Merging Colleges for Mutual Growth: A New Strategy for Academic Managers; and First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer, all published by Johns Hopkins.
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: Defining Risk: The Nature of Stressed Institutions
Chapter 1. Defining Stressed Institutions and Leading Them Effectively
Chapter 2. An International Perspective on the Fragility of Higher Education Institutions and Systems
Chapter 3. A View from Washington: Trouble Signs for At-Risk Universities and Colleges
Part II: Analyzing Risk Via the Leadership Team: New Approaches, New Results
Chapter 4. Leading Stressed Institutions: What Works and What Does Not
Chapter 5. Fragile Universities and Colleges: The Role of the Board
Chapter 6. Preserving and Extending the Academic Mission of Vulnerable Institutions: Best Practices for Chief Academic Officers
Chapter 7. The Challenge for Student Affairs in Stressed Institutions
Part III: Who is at Risk and Why: The Financial Factors
Chapter 8. Effective Financial Leadership of Stressed Colleges and Universities
Chapter 9. Fund-Raising Through Fragility: Some Suggestions for Development Officers
Part IV: Strategies that Work: New Solutions for Key Operations
Chapter 10. Accreditation, Fragility, and Disclosure: Maintaining the Delicate Balance
Chapter 11. Keeping the Faith: Leadership Challenges Unique to Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities
Chapter 12. For-Profit Higher Education and Stressed Colleges: A Strategic Opportunity
Chapter 13. Legal Challenges for Fragile Institutions: Survival Before Success
Chapter 14. The Institutional Research Option: Transforming Data, Information, and Decision Making for Institutions at Risk
Chapter 15. Managing Reputation: Public Relations for Vulnerable Institutions
Part V: Synthesis: Achieving the Turnaround
Chapter 16. Achieving the Turnaround: From Strategy to Action
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
What People are Saying About This
This book is brimming with helpful strategies from experienced presidents and chancellors as well as excellent researchers. It provides a wealth of ideas for innovative, risk-taking presidents who lead fragile institutions to motivate their constituents to achieve stability and enhance quality in the process.
— Claire Van Ummersen, Vice President, Center for Effective Leadership, American Council on Education
This handy reference will help college leaders diagnose institutional maladies and prescribe remedies before it is too late. Expert contributors offer a bird's-eye view of down-to-earth case studies, making this volume a welcome contribution to understanding the delicate balance between higher education's noble purpose and business realities.—Richard Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges
Turnaround offers those concerned about higher education an inventory of the tell-tale signs of vulnerability and practical means for boards and presidents to reverse what can easily become the downward spiral of a college or a university. As Martin and Samels note, turnaround is not easily accomplished, but it can be done. Moreover, the contributors to this volume are some of the most observant students and courageous practitioners of higher education.—Richard A. Skinner, Senior Vice President for Programs and Research, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
This book is brimming with helpful strategies from experienced presidents and chancellors as well as excellent researchers. It provides a wealth of ideas for innovative, risk-taking presidents who lead fragile institutions to motivate their constituents to achieve stability and enhance quality in the process.—Claire Van Ummersen, Vice President, Center for Effective Leadership, American Council on Education
Turnaround offers those concerned about higher education an inventory of the tell-tale signs of vulnerability and practical means for boards and presidents to reverse what can easily become the downward spiral of a college or a university. As Martin and Samels note, turnaround is not easily accomplished, but it can be done. Moreover, the contributors to this volume are some of the most observant students and courageous practitioners of higher education.
— Richard A. Skinner, Senior Vice President for Programs and Research, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
This handy reference will help college leaders diagnose institutional maladies and prescribe remedies before it is too late. Expert contributors offer a bird's-eye view of down-to-earth case studies, making this volume a welcome contribution to understanding the delicate balance between higher education's noble purpose and business realities.
— Richard Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges