Understanding Power and Leadership in Higher Education

Download or read book Understanding Power and Leadership in Higher Education written by Mark Kretovics and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within higher education, power is often perceived negatively. Rather than avoiding the idea of power, this book explores the importance of embracing and effectively engaging power to affect positive change on campus. Understanding Power and Leadership in Higher Education gives college and university administrators the tools to understand the relationship between leadership, power, and influence within higher education. Highlighting real stories of effective college and university administrators, this book helps readers understand and analyze the use of power, preparing leaders for the realities of today’s administrative environment.