Empowerment at the Tower: Leadership and Identity in Higher Education

by David Silverberg (Editor)

Overview

This book offers thought-provoking and instructive insights into the personalities and policies that enhance, or detract from, institutional evolution and provides practical insights into key levers for targeted, transformational growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475840742
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/15/2018
Series:	Changing the Light Bulb
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.93(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Dr. David Silverberg is Director of the Telego Center for Educational Improvement at Ashland University in Ohio. He received his doctorate in Educational Administration, Leadership, and Policy from Pepperdine University (CA) and has served the field of Education as a professor, administrator, teacher, and consultant.

Table of Contents

Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction Light Bulb Motif document Chapter 1: Shared – Not Divided – Governance Dr. Michael Roth, President, Wesleyan University (CT) Chapter 2: Transforming a Medical Admissions Office Dr. Katie Ruger, Michigan State University (MI) Chapter 3: Homeland Security as an Emerging Academic Discipline Dr. Ygnacio “Nash” Flores, Tracy Rickman, and Dr. Don Mason, Dr. Rio Hondo College (CA) Chapter 4: Black Women Experiencing Racial Battle Fatigue in Academia Adell Cothorne, Loyola University of Maryland (MD) Chapter 5: Changing the Light Bulb in Higher Education: “Transforming Internationalization” Dr. James P. Barber, Dr. Pamela L. Eddy, and Dr. Stephen E. Hanson, College of William and Mary (VA) Chapter 6: The Place of Allyship for Diversity Officers in Higher Education Dr. Mary J. Wardell, Ed.D., and Ria DasGupta, University of San Francisco (CA) Conclusion Appendix: Light Bulb Moment Worksheet

Editorial Reviews

In Empowerment at the Tower: Leadership & Identity in Higher Education, editor David Silverberg has brought together thoughtful and compelling essays from scholars across the country on what it means to work with and occasionally in spite of academic bureaucracies. Solid examples are readily transferable to a range of academic settings. Silverberg closes each chapter with candid excerpts from his interviews with more than 11 author/change agents. Offering a worksheet that will help you build relationships, solve problems creatively, and become an agent of change on your own campus, Silverberg has contributed a welcome and transformative addition to the literature on higher education.

Sarah Willie-Lebreton