The Community College Presidency
Subtitle: Current Status and Future Outlook
Publisher: Community College Pr/Amer Assoc
Published: July 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9780871172716
Subjects: Education
First sentence: Only 654 two-year colleges existed in 1965, the year the Higher Education Act was passed. By the mid-1980s. that number had more than doubled: 1350 tw0-year colleges made up 40 percent of all American institutions of higher education.
Description: All who work at a comunity college are important in achieving the college's mission. But it is the president who sets the vison and provides the leadership. If he or she is weak and fails in any fashion the college, the students and the community suffer. 
What are the characteristics of a good president? How do they monitor themselves? Are they born leaders or do they train themselves. What are the main demographic characteristics of presidents? What majors did most college presidents pursue in college? What is the average compensation and term of office? What role do their spouses assume at the college? Finally what does a panel of successful presidents see happening in the years ahead?

All of these questions and more are answered in this clearly written book. It is a useful resource for those interested in a career in administration, in learning more about college presidents or just in being better informed. A useful reference section provides leads for further research. 
Good, factual, useful for those interested in studying the community college presidency. 
What do presidents do, how did they become presidents? etc. What implicit advice can one glean?
Also has a useful section on the future of community colleges and their presidents as seen by successful presidents. 
Sound academic research but presented in layperson terms.
Notes: Forward by David R. Pierce, President of the American Association of Community Colleges. 
Chap. 1 The State of the Presidency;  Chap. 2 Family Background;  Chap. 3  Pathways to the Presidency;  Chap. 4 Assuming the Presidency: Routines and Relationships; Chapter 5 On the Job: Worldviews and Aspirations; Chap. 6 Views from the Trenches: Seven Presidents Speak Out;  Chapter 7 Looking to the Future: More Views from the Trenches; Chap. 8 The Presidency in Transition.   References;  Appendix-Survey Instrument; Index; About the Authors.
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