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Lessons in leadership : executive leadership programs for advancing diversity in higher education /

A largely unseen phenomenon is shaping the direction of higher education today: the growth of leadership programs. These programs are hidden ladders that help the talented move up toward university presidencies. Their number and importance are rapidly increasing, and they will more and more determin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: León, David J. (David Jess)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2005.
Colección:Diversity in higher education ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Lessons in Leadership: Executive Leadership Programs for Advancing Diversity in Higher Education
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Part I: Hidden Springboard: The Importance of Leadership Programs
  • Why Leadership Programs Matter?
  • Notes
  • Latino Demographic and Institutional Issues in Higher Education Implications for Leadership Development
  • The Contemporary Context
  • I. Demographic Overview
  • Age, Sex, and Status Characteristics
  • Economic Characteristics
  • Education Characteristics
  • II. Latino Leadership in Higher Education: Persisting Challenges
  • Rationality, Efficiency, and Organizational Adaptation
  • Institutional Theory and Normative Contexts
  • Dilemmas of the Minority Public Administrator
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Experiences of Presidents of Color: When Perceptions Challenge Reality
  • Bias Experienced while a Sitting President
  • Gender Matters
  • Nature of Bias
  • Frequency of Bias
  • Location of Bias
  • Sources of Discrimination
  • Actions or Policies that Surfaced Bias
  • Strategies to Ameliorate Bias
  • Targets of Bias, Their Race and Ethnicity
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • African American Leadership in Higher Education
  • Introduction
  • Scope of the Study
  • The Survey
  • Analysis of Survey Results
  • Participants Profile
  • Leadership Philosophy
  • The Interview
  • Leadership Preparation Programs
  • Kellogg NAFEO MSI Leadership Program
  • Executive Leadership Summit
  • Participant Responses to Leadership Programs
  • Personal Leadership Program Experience
  • Comparisons of Programs
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Part II: The First Wave: Traditional Leadership Programs
  • American Council on Education Fellows Program: Celebrating 40 Years of Leadership Development in Higher Education
  • Origins and Development
  • The Fellows Program Today: Learning Leadership
  • The Program: A Year of Choices
  • The Mentoring Relationships
  • The Curriculum
  • The Relationship Participants: Benefits for Nominators, Mentors, and Fellows
  • The Nominators
  • The Mentors
  • The Fellows
  • The Selection Process
  • Outcomes
  • ''Once a Fellow, Always a Fellow''
  • Changes Over the Decades
  • Collaborations
  • Looking Ahead
  • References
  • The Harvard Institutes for Higher Education: Thirty-Five Years of Fostering Leadership Development for Administrators of Color
  • The Harvard Institutes for Higher Education: An Historical Overview
  • Birth of the First Higher Education Leadership Institute
  • Addressing the Needs of a New Higher Education Audience: The Creation of MLE
  • Bringing Leadership Training to the Middle Management Ranks: Creating MDP
  • Adding Another Piece to the Leadership Development Puzzle: Creation of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents
  • Serving the needs of Administrators of Color
  • The Bush-Hewlett Fellowship Program
  • The Leadership Development Initiative and Tribal College Leadership Development Project
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