The Entrepreneurial Community College President

The Entrepreneurial Community College President
Author: Lorenzo Lamar Esters
Publisher:
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2007
Genre: Community colleges
ISBN:

Community colleges have been faced with many changes in recent years including changes in mission, increased enrollments, and decreased state support. To keep America's community colleges viable amidst these changes, some presidents are discovering the need to become entrepreneurial in their pursuit of nontraditional sources of funding. As with the CEOs of major businesses and corporations, best practices for success through entrepreneurship can be found with community college presidents; however, there is a paucity of research examining this phenomenon in community colleges. The purpose of this study was to examine the entrepreneurial behaviors of community college presidents in one southeastern state in an effort to identify actions beneficial for securing financial resources for community colleges. To adequately examine these practices, the presidents' activities were assessed based on five elements. A sequential exploratory mixed methods approach was utilized to investigate the research questions in this study. The researcher interviewed five community college presidents using purposive confirming case sampling. Additionally, a survey was electronically mailed to twenty-three community college presidents in a southeastern state community college system to solicit their responses to questions regarding their entrepreneurial practices. The results of this analysis revealed meaningful information that is beneficial for community college presidents seeking to transform their colleges through entrepreneurial leadership. These findings indicate entrepreneurial presidents do exist and their practices can be identified. The findings also indicate that presidents' engagement in certain specific entrepreneurial practices do result in increased nontraditional funding secured. A summary of these key findings may be used as a guide for current and future community college leaders who desire to become more entrepreneurial. -- Abstract.

The Entrepreneurial Community College

The Entrepreneurial Community College
Author: John E. Roueche
Publisher: Amer. Assn. of Community Col
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0871173670

Develop an entrepreneurial culture with the best practices discussed inside this resource. Declining public resources, coupled with the demand that we do more with less, make it more of an imperative that entrepreneurism, flexibility, and adaptability thrive in the community college environment. Seeing how other community colleges have brought entrepreneurship and creativity to life in their programs and services will inspire your own ideas for increasing revenue and reducing costs. You will also discover how strong leaders can become collaborators, facilitators, consensus makers, and incentive providers.

Resetting Our Future: Impact Ed

Resetting Our Future: Impact Ed
Author: Rebecca A Corbin, Ed
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781789047974

Leveraging existing community college assets to rebuild a more equitable economy

The Entrepreneurial College President

The Entrepreneurial College President
Author: James Lee Fisher
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

If you wish to know what effective college presidents actually think and how they behave, this is the book for you. It is must reading for all who are interested in the American college presidency and leadership in general.

Community Colleges As Incubators of Innovation

Community Colleges As Incubators of Innovation
Author: Andy Stoll
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Community and college
ISBN: 9781620368626

This book addresses the urgent need for community colleges to prioritize entrepreneurship education both to remain relevant in a changing economy and to give graduate students the flexible and interdisciplinary mindsets needed for the future of society.

Impact ED

Impact ED
Author: Andrew Gold
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1789047986

This book provides leaders with insights into how entrepreneurial thinking and action can put local communities on the path to recovery from the economic devastation induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Entrepreneurship offers a roadmap to the future. NACCE members colleges' newly evolved programs benefit local communities, fuel economic growth, and create more equitable opportunities for those who have been historically marginalized. This pathway leads to recovery, hope and a more caring, creative, and equitable society.

Unrelenting Change, Innovation, and Risk

Unrelenting Change, Innovation, and Risk
Author: Daniel J. Phelan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475812647

Arguably, the nation’s community colleges have experienced more change in the last several years than they have over the prior 115 years of their existence. Rapid changes in technology, external pressures for accountability and student completion, aggressive competition from other higher education institutions (i.e., public, for-profit, and private), changes in enrollment demographics, as well as new economic, market, and operational models stand to completely disrupt this relatively young enterprise. Unrelenting Change provides useful, practical examples for community college leaders as they seek to thoughtfully and strategically align their organization for the new dynamic in higher education. Furthermore, Unrelenting Change offers insights into the change process, including institutional assessment and readiness, consideration of cultural implications, strategic intentions toward innovation, as well as risk, failure, and success. Rather than perceiving change and disruptive innovation as merely happenstance, or luck, the author provides discernment into the topic so as to give community college leaders solid, guidance, if not improved odds, in undertaking this important, competitive edge for the future of their intuitions, and by extension, their students.

A Practical Guide to Becoming a Community College President

A Practical Guide to Becoming a Community College President
Author: Edward J. Valeau
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000388123

This practical resource helps aspiring leaders demystify the challenges associated with becoming a community college president. Building on existing scholarship and research related to historical origins of the community college, this book explores the role and function of the presidency, discusses existing demographics and the importance of meeting the needs of a diverse student population, and unpacks the required competencies and leadership challenges related to becoming a community college president. Including real voices from award-winning and current presidents as well as a step-by-step approach to attaining the position, this is an important resource that speaks to the needs of today and tomorrows’ community college leaders.