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>Retirement crisis in community college leadership: A study of leadership profiles of community college presidents in the Higher Learning Commission of the NCA region.
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Retirement crisis in community college leadership: A study of leadership profiles of community college presidents in the Higher Learning Commission of the NCA region.
Community Colleges in the United States today are facing a potential crisis in leadership. By 2011, estimates indicate that 79 percent of today's community college presidents will retire (Schults, 2001). Complicating this major shift in leadership is an increasing complex environment that is impacted by the global economy, changing accountability standards, increasing enrollment and diversity, and decreased state funding for higher education. This study used two well-known assessments, The Leadership Profile and the Emotional Competence Inventory, to consider leadership and emotional intelligence attributes of community college presidents in the Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association region, and to develop a leadership profile of presidents. Presidents were encouraged to have subordinates complete the 360 degree instruments. Selected presidents were also interviewed to determine "defining moments" that impact the leader they are today. This study provided an informative view of community college presidential leadership in the NCA region and a broad profile of leadership skills, attributes, and emotional intelligence characteristics. Statistical analysis was done to determine whether there were leadership differences based on gender, ethnicity, years as a college president, institution enrollment, and career path the president had followed to the presidency.
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