Shared Leadership in Higher Education

Elizabeth M. Holcombe is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Southern California's Pullias Center for Higher Education. Adrianna Kezar is a professor of higher education at the University of Southern California and codirector of the Pullias Center for Higher Education. Kezar is a national expert of student success, equity and diversity, the changing faculty, change, governance, and leadership in higher education. Kezar is well published with 18 books and monographs, more than 100 journal articles, and more than 100 book chapters and reports. Recent books include Envisioning the Faculty of the 21st Century (Rutgers University Press, 2016), How Colleges Change (Routledge, 2013), Enhancing Campus Capacity for Leadership (Stanford Press, 2011) and Organizing for Collaboration (Jossey-Bass, 2009). She is the project director for the Delphi Project on the changing faculty and student success and was just awarded a grant from the Teagle Foundation for institutions that better support faculty and create new faculty models. Susan Elrod serves as the sixth chancellor of Indiana University South Bend. She has served as a provost, dean, and in various academic leadership positions in the California State University and the University of Wisconsin systems. Judith A. Ramaley is President of Winona State University. Prior to coming to Minnesota, Dr. Ramaley held a presidential professorship in biomedical sciences at the University of Maine and was a Fellow of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. She also completed a residency as a Visiting Senior Scientist at the National Academy of Sciences.From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Ramaley was Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources Directorate (EHR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Prior to joining NSF, Dr. Ramaley was president and professor of biology at the University of Vermont. Dr. Ramaley has a special interest in higher education reform and has played a significant rol

This book focusses on a leadership approach that has emerged as particularly effective for organizations facing complex challenges: shared leadership.

Foreword - Nancy Cantor Introduction 1. A Changing Academy and a Changing World. Why Shared Leadership Is Important 2. The Nature of Shared Leadership 3. Understanding the Outcomes and Uses of Shared Leadership 4. Creating an Environment of Support. Building Organizational, Team, and Individual Capacity 5. A Faculty-Lead Effort to Build Campus Community Around Inclusive Excellence STEM -Amy Sprowles and Matt Johnson 6. Improving Student Success and Enrollment at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater -Susan Elrod, Matt Aschenbrener, and Beth John 7. Creating a Shared Leadership Approach to Managing a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -Fletcher Beaudoin, Matthew Carlson, DeLys Ostlund, and Todd Rosenstiel 8. Many Spiders, One Web. Distributing Leadership for Inclusive Excellence at the University of Richmond -Ashleigh M. Brock, Patricia Herrera, Amy L. Howard, and Glyn Hughes with Ronald A. Crutcher, David Hale, and Jeffrey Legro 9. Changing Minds. Integrative Tutoring and Institutional Transformation at SUNY Geneseo -Joe Cope, Robert Feissner, Beverly Henke-Lofquist, Gillian Paki, and Lisa Smith 10. Portland State University's Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative (HRAC). A Shared Leadership Journey -Maude Hines, Jacen Greene, Greg Townley, Marisa Zapata, and Todd Ferry 11. Creating the Capacity to Work on Complex Problems at Winona State University -Judith A. Ramaley 12. Shared Transformation. The One Door Approach at Cuyahoga Community College -Alex Johnson and Karen Miller 13. Shared Leadership in a National-Scale Network. The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL. as a Case Example -Ann E. Austin and Robert D. Mathieu 14. Reflections on Shared Leadership in Action Appendix A. Getting Started With Shared Leadership on Your Campus Appendix B. Building Capacity for Shared Leadership Editors and Contributors Index