Table of Contents
Preface xi
About the Authors xiii
About AAC&U xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Chapter One: In Search of the Student-Ready College 1
A New Concept: Student-Ready Colleges 8
The Quest for College-Ready Students: A Historical Perspective 9
A Profile of the 21st-Century Student 14
Serving Students? Responding to Markets? Competing Tensions in Higher Education 21
The Path Forward: Taking Steps to Transformation 24
Chapter Two: Leadership Values and Organizational Culture 25
Perspective Taking 29
New Directions for Leadership 31
Changing Perspective on Educators 35
Does Collaboration Serve a Greater Good or Is It an End in Itself? 36
Collaborative Leadership for Grassroots Empowerment 38
Every Employee an Educator 39
Inclusive Professional Development 40
Exemplary Practice:The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 41
Exemplary Practice: California State University, Fullerton 43
Positive Vision of Educators 44
Building Out the Change Effort 46
Considering Whole-Person Educators 47
Student-Ready Mentoring 48
The Will to Apply and Practice What Works 49
Student-Ready Practice of Governance 51
Exemplary Practice: Alverno College 53
Beyond Change as a Motivator in Itself 56
A Pragmatic Approach to Shared Governance 58
A Vision of a Place Ready for Students 60
Conclusion: A Vision to Guide Collaboration 69
Chapter Three: Making Excellence Inclusive to Support Student Success 71
Making Excellence Inclusive 77
Removing Systemic Barriers and Challenges for Students 77
A Caring Educator 80
Embracing a Paradigm Shift 82
A Culture of Inclusion 87
Defining Student Success as Learning 89
Promoting Excellence in Student Engagement 91
Charting Your Course of Action 95
Conclusion 96
Chapter Four: Building Student Readiness through Effective Partnerships 97
Engaging the Ecosystem 102
A New Survival Instinct:The Opportunistic Self-Awareness of Student-Ready Colleges 106
The Many Faces of Partnership 112
Student-Centered Symbiosis in Support of Today’s College Students 118
Selecting Effective Partners 124
Questions to Ask as You Consider Partnerships to Support Student Success 127
Conclusion 128
Chapter Five: Demonstrating Belief in Students 129
Belief in Student Capacity to Learn as a Genuine and Public Commitment 134
Challenges to Belief in Student Capacity to Learn 139
A Learning-Centered Campus Designed for All
Students to Flourish 150
Conclusion 154
Conclusion 155
References 161
Index 179