Studies have revealed the challenges facing management and the role the manager has with respect to facilitating team development. This exercise builds upon the knowledge a management student gains via textbook and/or classroom lecture concerning the stages of team development and offers real-world examples of the challenges facing managers when…

Philanthropy does not exist without democracy in civil society in America. Higher education is a major builder of a civil society. The central research question is: What do university presidents need to know about philanthropy to provide relational leadership supportive of the advancement of democracy in American civil society? The study…

In this report, the second in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we highlight four distinct ways to structure Shared Equity Leadership (SEL) that we observed from our participating institutions. We lay the groundwork for understanding these structures by first describing some of the more common or traditional ways that diversity leadership…

Since the late 1990s, internet-based distance-education programs have attracted students and instructors who could be geographically distributed: they could learn and teach from anywhere. However, the model for the staff who support distance-education programs was overwhelmingly the traditional place-based office with co-located physical and human…

Purpose: This study examined the models of collaboration used by school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) during the provision of special education services including factors predicting use of the interprofessional collaborative practice (IPP) model and barriers to collaboration. Method: School-based SLPs responded to a survey on models of…

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify the collaborative practices that the various vice presidents play in fundraising activities at a selected California State University and how these leaders work together. A secondary purpose was to identify the challenges faced by these leaders in their collaborative efforts regarding…

Much has been written recently about the role of the higher education chief information officer (CIO) and the qualifications expected of potential candidates. As one considers career paths for senior information technology (IT) leaders, one might also seek a better understanding of another senior position in higher education's IT arena--the role…

This article focuses on the theory and practice of teamwork in "top management teams" in UK higher education institutions. It is informed by some of the key findings from a recent two-year research project sponsored by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education that investigated the different ways in which UK higher education…

Since the establishment of higher education systems in the US the position of college and university president has evolved. In regards to fund-raising this position has changed dramatically with the creation of the vice president of institutional advancement. Over time these two positions have expanded the fund-raising function into a team effort.…

The team approach is described in this report as a useful mechanism, at both college-wide and divisional levels, for effective administration of academic affairs. An institutional academic team would include the leadership core for academic affairs, the academic dean, the division chairman, and the librarian, and would have the primary…

Argues that college trustees and administrators must move beyond their image as docile and weak followers, and learn how to follow the leader they have chosen. Five follower types are identified, focusing on the characteristics and responsibilities of "exceptional" followers, who work closely with the leader and actively participate in decision…

Interviews with 15 presidents of diverse colleges and universities investigated the ways in which the administrators perceived their administrative teams as useful. The presidents had very different approaches to teamwork, using them for utilitarian, expressive, and cognitive functions ("real" teams) or in more limited ways ("illusory" teams).…

This paper is designed to provide guidance to team chairs in conducting accreditation visits to member institutions of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It is based on the experiences of a team chair who had conducted 33 accreditation visits, 14 of them as the team chair. It discusses the initial preparation for an…

It is argued that the traditional model of the heroic leader is no longer appropriate for complex higher education institutions and that presidential power should be limited to participation in a leadership team. Leadership is seen as the creation of partnerships between and among constituencies. (MSE)

In financially troubled times, the college or university must develop a culture of leadership. Leadership development programming can strengthen the institution by fostering a team approach to solving institutional problems, by increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of human resources, and by creating a pool of qualified professionals for…