How to Climb Down from Top-Down Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Jenkins, Rob; Jensen, Beth
Titel	How to Climb Down from Top-Down Leadership
Quelle	In: Academe, 96 (2010) 3, S.24-27 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Governance; College Faculty; Participative Decision Making; Transformational Leadership; Administrative Principles; Organizational Change; College Administration; Leadership Qualities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Fakultät; Organisationswandel; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Führungseigenschaft
Abstract	At community colleges, just as at four-year institutions, a wide range of governance models exists, including those that claim to be shared governance but aren't, those that don't even pretend to be shared governance, and, occasionally, truly shared governance. True shared governance at community colleges, just as at their four-year counterparts, is based on four key principles. These principles are familiar to anyone who has advocated for shared governance or who already enjoys it--but not to many community college faculty members or administrators. Meaningful shared governance can exist only when: (1) tenured faculty members have authority over academic matters, and the administration defers to them in those areas; (2) everyone affected by a decision has a say in how that decision is made; (3) a clear majority of faculty members are tenured or on the tenure track--or at least the administration is working toward that goal; and (4) everyone concerned is committed to both the concept of shared governance and its practical application. The authors contend that only when tenured faculty members advocate energetically for these principles, and administrators embrace and implement them, will those who work in community colleges have a system they can honestly call shared governance. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of University Professors. 1012 Fourteenth Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 800-424-2973; Tel: 202-737-5900; Fax: 202-737-5526; e-mail: academe@aaup.org; Web site: http://www.aaup.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10