Confessions of a community college administrator / Matthew Reed ; foreword by Kay McClenney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Matthew.

Series:

Jossey-Bass higher education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community colleges--United States.

Community colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Those who lead community colleges and those who aspire to lead them will discover keen insights from this frank discussion of the particular issues that are unique to community college administration. This timely book offers realistic advice on how to handle the challenges-current and future-that such leaders must grapple with. Matthew Reed, the formerly anonymous author of Inside Higher Ed blog Confessions of a Community College Dean, describes the current landscape of community college leadership and addresses some of the fundamental questions that face community colle

Contents:

The community college landscape

Funding: where the money comes from, where it goes, and why there's never enough

Community college administration: who does what

Herding cats: managing creative people

Other challenges of the dean's job

Saving community colleges: a few modest proposals

Conclusion: questions of sustainability.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-91718-1

1-118-22172-9

OCLC:

823387915