Enhancing Campus Capacity for Leadership: An Examination of Grassroots Leaders in Higher Education - Softcover

Kezar, Adrianna; Lester, Jaime

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804793352 ISBN 13: 9780804793353

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Enhancing Campus Capacity for Leadership contributes to the growing tradition of giving voice to grassroots leaders, focusing on the largely untapped potential of faculty and staff on college campuses. In an increasingly corporatized environment, grassroots leadership can provide a balance to the prestige- and revenue-seeking impulses of traditional campus leaders, create changes in the teaching and learning core, build greater equity, improve relationships among campus stakeholders, and enhance the student experience. This book documents the stories of grassroots leaders, including their motivation and background, the tactics and strategies that they use, the obstacles that they overcome, and the ways that they navigate power and join with formal authority. This investigation also highlights the fact that grassroots leaders, particularly in more marginalized groups, can face significant backlash. The authors end with a discussion of the future of leadership on college campuses, examining the possibilities for shared and collaborative forms of guidance and governance.

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About the Author

Adrianna J. Kezar is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Southern California.
Jaime Lester is Associate Professor of Higher Education at George Mason University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0804793352
• ISBN 13: 9780804793353
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368