Presidential Transition in Higher Education
Subtitle: Managing Leadership Change
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801879340
Subjects: Higher & further education; Organization & management of education; Organizational change; Education; Education / Teaching; Higher; United States; Education / Higher; College presidents; Administration; Universities and colleges
First sentence: Transition, turnover, migration: whatever people on campuses may be calling it, the increasingly frequent departures of presidents, together with an inability to find adequate pools of qualified candidates to replace those who are leaving, are unsettling and reshaping the culture of American higher education.
Description: "Once rare, presidential transitions at institutions of higher education now command the attention of about one-quarter of the nation's colleges and universities at any given time. Though they occur frequently, transitions at this level are hardly routine, and American higher education has not developed a tradition of managing this process proactively. Here, James Martin and James E. Samels bring together a distinguished group of higher education professionals to provide the first comprehensive guidebook to managing change at the top."

"Presidents, administrators, trustees, faculty, and others involved in a change in leadership will benefit from this wide-ranging discussion of the issues combined with specific action plans for the busy professional. The volume's contributors address proactive management, best practices for sudden transitions, and how campuses can turn challenges into opportunities. Also addressed are executive search firms, the interim president, boards of trustees, presidential spouses, and public relations."--Jacket.