Higher education reconsidered : Executing change to drive collective impact / edited by Jason E. Lane ; foreword by Nancy L. Zimpher ; contributors, Carolyn Aiken [and seventeen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lane, Jason E., editor.

Zimpher, Nancy L., writer of foreword.

Aiken, Carolyn, contributor.

Series:

SUNY series, critical Issues in higher education.

SUNY Series, Critical Issues in Higher Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Summary:

Focuses on the opportunities and challenges of using the science of change to improve the academic enterprise.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword: Bringing Collective Impact to Higher Education; References; Acknowledgments; Introduction; References; Chapter 1 Collective Leadership in Higher Education; Abstract; Higher Education Reconsidered: Shifting from Isolated Results to Collective Impact; Understanding Collective Impact; Social Problems & comma; Higher Education, and Collective Impact; University as Backbone And/or Convener; Moving Toward Collective Leadership; Collective Impact in Higher Education Moving Forward; Notes; References

Chapter 2 The Inconvenient Truth about Change Management Abstract; Successful Change Requires Uncommon Sense; The Inconvenient Truth about Creating a Compelling Story; Inconvenient Truth Number 1: What Motivates You Doesn't Motivate (Most of) Your Employees.; Inconvenient Truth Number 2: You're Better off Letting Them Write Their Own Story.; Inconvenient Truth Number 3: It Takes Both Ł+ŁŁ and ŁŁŁŁ to Create Real Energy.; The Inconvenient Truth about Role Modeling; Inconvenient Truth Number 4: Your Leaders Believe They Already are the Change.

Inconvenient Truth Number 5: Influence Leaders Aren't That Influential.The Inconvenient Truth about Reinforcing Mechanisms; Inconvenient Truth Number 6: Money Is the Most Expensive Way to Motivate People.; Inconvenient Truth Number 7: a Fair Process Is as Important as a Fair Outcome.; The Inconvenient Truth about Capability Building; Inconvenient Truth Number 8: Employees Are What They Think.; Inconvenient Truth Number 9: Good Intentions Aren't Enough.; Show Me the Money!; Notes; References; Chapter 3 From Perpetuation to Innovation; Abstract; Innovation and Social Innovation

Importance of Adoption and Scaling to Successful Social Innovations Importance of Innovation Failures and Stakeholder-centered Design; Consequences for More Sustainable Solutions; Social Innovation in Higher Education: Expanding Access by Improving Student Outcomes; Unforeseen Consequences of Previous Innovations; Emphasizing Access and Working Against Completion; A Culture Focused on Perpetuation Rather than Innovation; Stagnating Completion Rates and Widening Equity Gaps; Equity Gaps May Worsen Because Higher Education Is Not Set up to Look Forward

Realigning Higher Education Toward Completion Through Systems Problem: Remediation as a Huge Barrier to Completion Solution: Redesigning the Math Pathway at Suny; Problem: Widening Equity Gaps in Higher Education Solution: Predictive Analytics at the Tennessee Board of Regents; Problem: Stem Degrees Unaligned with Workforce Demands Solution: Scaling High-impact Practices at the California State University; Theme: Focusing on Collective Impact for Successful Innovation; Conclusions and Implications; Transition 1: Rather than Perpetuate & comma; Innovate

Transition 2: Move from Isolated to Integrated

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 7, 2016).

ISBN:

9781438459547

1438459548

OCLC:

925478439