Reframing Academic Leadership
Reframing Academic Leadership is the go-to guide for deepening
leadership commitment, capacity, and impact. Gallos and Bolman tease out
the unique opportunities and challenges in academic leadership and
present powerful ideas and tools to guide and assist college and
university administrators in:
Creating campus environments that facilitate creativity and commitment
Forging vital alliances and partnerships in service of the mission
Building campus cultures and shared vision that unite and inspire
Crafting institutional structures and strategies that foster innovation
and excellence
In this updated edition, the authors integrate time-tested conceptual
frameworks with rich and compelling real-world cases and tackle
contemporary, high-impact issues such as changes in the professoriate
and in student populations, funding shortfalls, equity and social
justice, the double-edged sword of technology, managing conflict and
crisis, ethics and governance, and strengthening leadership agility and
resolve. This readable, intellectually provocative, and pragmatic book
is for all who care deeply about higher education, are committed to
making it better, and understand its potential to transform lives,
families, communities, organizations, and nations. Leadership matters
more than ever, and Reframing Academic Leadership offers the seminal
framework for understanding and leading in higher education today.
PRAISE FOR REFRAMING ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP 1st ED
"Reframing Academic Leadership is the most comprehensive book on the
topic and an excellent source of knowledge for faculty and managerial
leaders in every college and university. An invaluable resource for
students of higher education leadership!"
--MAUREEN SULLIVAN, Past President, American Library Association and
Association of College and Research Libraries
"Reframing Academic Leadership provides a compassionate understanding
of the stresses of leadership in higher education. It offers insights to
those who do not fully appreciate why higher education is so hard to
'manage' and validation for those entirely familiar with this world. I
recommend it enthusiastically."
--JUDITH BLOCK MCLAUGHLIN, Senior lecturer on education and faculty
chair of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents and the Harvard Seminar
for Presidential Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Bolman and Gallos provide a refreshing view of leadership essential for
those assuming presidencies and other important leadership positions in
higher education. This work is a bedside reference for aspiring and
current leadership in higher education not only in the U.S. but also
abroad."
--FERNANCO LEON GARCIA, President, Sistema CETYS Universidad, Baja
California, Mexico
"Bolman and Gallos have written a practical, lucid text that brings
together illustrative vignettes and robust frameworks for diagnosing and
managing colleges and universities. I recommend it to new and
experienced administrators who will routinely confront difficult people,
structures, and cultures in their workplaces."
--CHRISTOPHER MORPHEW, Dean, School of Education, Johns Hopkins
University
"Reframing Academic Leadership is filled with real-world examples from
leaders. The book reads like a guide for leading a chamber music
rehearsal where one's role constantly shifts from star to servant and
where multiple answers may be 'right'."
--PETER WHITE, Dean and Professor of Conducting, Conservatory of
Music, University of the Pacific
