Change leadership in higher education : a practical guide to academic transformation / Jeffrey L. Buller

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The only thing we have to change is--change itself -- 2. Reframing change -- 3. Determining the need for change -- 4. From change management to change leadership -- 5. Why strategic planning doesn't work -- 6. Creating a culture of innovation -- 7. Leading reactive change -- 8. Leading proactive change -- 9. Leading interactive change -- 10. Organic academic leadership.

Change Leadership in Higher Education is a call to action, urging administrators in higher education to get proactive about change. The author applies positive and creative leadership principles to the issue of leading change in higher education, providing a much-needed blueprint for changing the way change happens, and how the system reacts. Readers will examine four different models of change and look at change itself through ten different analytical lenses to highlight the areas where the current approach could be beneficially altered. The book accounts for the nuances in higher education culture and environment, and helps administrators see that change is natural and valuable, and can be addressed in creative and innovative ways. The traditional model of education has been disrupted by MOOCs, faculty unions, online instruction, helicopter parents, and much more, leaving academic leaders accustomed to managing change. Leading change, however, is unfamiliar territory. This book is a guide to being proactive about change in a way that ensures a healthy future for the institution, complete with models and tools that help lead the way. Leading change involves some challenges, but this useful guide is a strong conceptual and pragmatic resource for forecasting those challenges, and going in prepared. Administrators and faculty no longer satisfied with the status quo can look to Change Leadership in Higher Education for real, actionable guidance on getting change accomplished.