Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education

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Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education

Promoting Access, Equity, and Improvement

Educational strategies and policy Higher education, tertiary education

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 16th October 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781317519966


Overview

Rapidly changing global demographics demand visionary, collaborative, and culturally appropriate leadership practices on university campuses. In the face of widening gaps in academic achievement and socio-economic roadblocks, Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education offers a new vision of leadership, where diversity is transformed from challenge into opportunity.

Contributors and Perspectives

This book offers a range of perspectives from culturally, racially, linguistically, ability, and gender-diverse contributors who demonstrate that effective leadership springs from those who engage, link theory to practice, and promote access, equity, and educational improvement for underserved students.

Chapter Content

Each chapter explores a critical higher educational leadership issue with feasible strategies and solutions. In this exciting book, theory and research-based chapters unpack culturally responsive leadership, revealing how higher education leaders in the U.S. and international contexts can improve their practice for social equity and educational change.

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