Title:
Leadership in continuing and distance education in higher education
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Publication Information:
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1998
ISBN:
9780205268238
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Summary
Summary
Guide to leadership skills, behaviors, and knowledge needed for administration of continuing education or distance learning programs at colleges and universities. Discusses designing a healthy program, staffing and management, marketing, and finances and proposal writing. Provides an understanding
Table of Contents
Most chapters close with Summary, and Bibliography |
I Challenges And Changes Continuing Education |
1 Higher Education Writes Futures in the Sky |
Summary |
Bibliography |
2 Challenges, Issues and Trends in Continuing Education in Higher Education |
Past Views of Continuing Education |
Issues in Continuing Education |
Challenges of Setting up a New Continuing Education Unit |
Summary |
Bibliography |
II Leadership For The 21St Century In Continuing Education |
3 Leadership and Administration in Continuing Education |
Leadership |
The Difference Between Leadership and Management |
Sources of Power |
Social ExchangeHow to Make Interactions Work for You |
Getting the Minimum Effort |
Characteristics of Successful Leaders |
The Use of Power. Idiosyncrasy Credit |
Organizing Structures |
Summary |
Bibliography |
4 Planning for Continuing Education in Higher Education |
Developing a Vision |
Scenarios and Objectives for Managing Change |
Strategic Planning |
Educational Leadership and Planning for Change |
Summary |
Bibliography |
5 Making Decisions in Continuing Education |
Kinds of Decisions |
The Decision-Making Process |
Power, Roles, and Goals of Administration and Faculty |
Summary |
Bibliography |
6 Team Work, Team Building, and Small Groups |
Dynamics of Small Work Groups |
Prediction of Work Group or Team Performance |
Team Learning and Shared Vision |
Thoughts on Team Work and Knowledge Building |
Summary |
Bibliography |
7 Motivating and Empowering Staff, Faculty, and Students |
Organizational Group Motivation Theory |
Individual Motivation |
Supportive and Defensive Workplaces |
Summary |
Bibliography |
8 Problem Solving in Continuing Education |
Steps in Problem Solving |
Group Techniques |
Individual Techniques |
Some Last Tips on Problem Solving |
Summary |
Bibliography |
9 Learning in Distance Learning |
Needed Steps for an Institution to Set Up Distance Education |
Administrative and Support Services Enhancements |
Educational Interactions |
Support for Distance Learning Infrastructures |
Summary |
Bibliography |
10 Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Non-Credit Programs |
Adult Learners |
Long Range Forecasts, Goals, Objectives, and Activities |
Distance Learning and Non-Credit Courses. Contract Courses |
Quality Concerns |
Summary |
Bibliography |
III Marketing And Finances In Continuing Education |
11 Marketing, Diffusion of Innovations, and Direct Mail Processes |
Marketing Concepts |
Organizational Resistance |
Communication and Change |
Diffusion of Innovations |
Adopter Categories |
Direct Marketing |
The Four "P"s of Marketing |
Summary |
Bibliography |
12 Finances and Proposal Writing: Institutions of Higher Education Are Each Unique |
Day to day Operational Budgets |
Starting Up: Developing a Management Plan |
Finances and Proposal Writing |
Parts of an Effective Proposal |
Proposal Draft Guide |
Summary |
Bibliography |
Appendices |
Append |