Mary Landon Darden, Joanna L. Kile

Transforming Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

How Bold and Innovative Leaders Entrepreneur the Future

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the face of an unprecedented and existential crisis in higher education, Transforming Higher Education: How Bold and Innovative Leaders Entrepreneur the Future presents specific, inspirational success stories on innovation, organizational change, emerging technologies, niche formations, revenue stream and partnership development, student and academic flourishing and more from a variety of institutions creatively overcoming even the greatest hurdles and emerging triumphant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216202400
• Artikelnr.: 75824002

Autorenporträt

Dr. Mary Landon Darden is a higher education futurist, author, and leadership expert. She is the Founder and President of Higher Education Innovation LLC, which began in in 2015. The mission of HEI is to "transform higher education." Darden is the author of two books co-published with the American Council on Education and Rowman and Littlefield: "Entrepreneuring" the Future of Higher Education: Radical Transformation in Times of Profound Change (2021), which is the Winner of the 2021 American Book Fest Award (education/scholarly) and was named one of the "best higher education books of all time" by "Bookauthority;" and Beyond 2020: Envisioning the Future of Universities in America (2009), which was adopted as a textbook in the higher education administration doctoral program at Harvard University.


Dr. Joanna L. Kile is a distinguished leader in higher education, workforce development, and institutional transformation. With more than three decades of experience, she has held executive leadership roles at multiple institutions, including serving as Vice President of Instruction at Texas Southmost College. She is currently the CEO of Higher Education Innovation, where she leads strategic initiatives to drive transformation and innovation in higher education.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction to Transforming Higher Education
Chapter 2: York County Community College: Entrepreneuring Workforce
Development, Recruiting and Admissions
Chapter 3: Kentucky State University:
A New President Leads from Extreme Existential Crisis to Near Stability in
One Year
Chapter 4: Northwest Florida State College: Building Bridges to the Future
Through Relationships
Chapter 5: City University of New York Borough of Manhattan Community
College: How a Workforce Innovator Swept His Division from Barely There to
International Success in Less Than Two Years
Chapter 6: Elizabethtown Community and Technical College: Finding Success
by Asking People What They Need and Then Delivering
Chapter 7: Texas Southmost College: Building Workforce Programs to Serve
Unique Community Needs
Chapter 8: Houston Community College - Southwest College: How A President
Reimagines Institution's Partnering, People, and Technology
Chapter 9: Belhaven University Ahead of the Curve: How to Move Quickly and
Proactively to Build Opportunity
Chapter 10: Bladen Community College: How a Rural North Carolina College
Reimagined Itself Using Data-Driven Decision Making, Strategic Planning,
and Radical Organizational Change
Chapter 11: Southwest Tennessee Community College: An "Audacious" Redesign,
Reinvent, and Reset
Chapter 12: Claremont Lincoln University: A New Model for Higher Education
Chapter 13: Unique and Entrepreneurial Niches: Building Exceptional
Programs that Serve as Pathways to Cultural, Financial, Social Justice, and
Industry
Chapter 14: Multnomah University: How Excellent, Transformative Leadership
Makes the Difference in Times of Existential Crisis
Chapter 15: Conclusion
About the Authors