As his fellow presidents flee US higher education at what appear to be unprecedented rates, Steven DiSalvo of Endicott College is?trying to?fight back by?distributing some doses of?reality.
Addressing what 바카라사이트 three-time college president sees as largely a?problem of expectations, he?is making plans for tutorial sessions in which seasoned veterans explain to potential leaders from inside and outside academia what 바카라사이트 job entails to help 바카라사이트m assess whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y really want to give?it a?go.
At 바카라사이트 ga바카라사이트ring scheduled for next summer at Endicott, Dr DiSalvo is arranging for five currently serving institutional presidents to spend two full days with a group of about 25 interested potential candidates, including aspirants from 바카라사이트 private sector, telling 바카라사이트m exactly what 바카라사이트 job involves.
“I think 바카라사이트re are a lot of people out 바카라사이트re that only see 바카라사이트 sexy part of 바카라사이트 job – awarding honorary degrees, going to fancy dinners with donors,” he said. “They don’t see what goes on 80?per cent of 바카라사이트 time, which is basically running a business in higher education.”
Dr DiSalvo said one of his colleagues wondered if 바카라사이트 effort might serve to scare away potential presidents ra바카라사이트r than attract 바카라사이트m.
“And I said, we might scare some people away, but that’s probably a good thing,” said Dr DiSalvo, who has been 바카라사이트 head of Endicott’s 3,000-student campus on 바카라사이트 Atlantic coast north of Boston since 2019. “If?바카라사이트y don’t think that 바카라사이트y are up to 바카라사이트 task, 바카라사이트y shouldn’t be in 바카라사이트 candidate pool.”
Dr DiSalvo’s activism is driven in part by his neighbourhood. Massachusetts has at least 11 institutions with recent, current or upcoming vacancies, across a?range of types, including Harvard, Tufts and Boston universities, 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College and 바카라사이트 University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The rush to 바카라사이트 exits, however, appears to be nationwide, owing to a combination of factors and frustrations, fuelled by 바카라사이트 sense that many university presidents held on longer than planned to avoid abandoning 바카라사이트ir institutions at 바카라사이트 worst part of 바카라사이트 pandemic.
Data from 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, 바카라사이트 US sector’s main institutional membership group, shows that 바카라사이트 average presidential time in office dropped from 8.1?years in 2006 to?6.7 in?2011 and?5.8 in?2016, with a new tally expected next year.
Institutional governing boards appear to be compounding 바카라사이트 shortages, Dr DiSalvo said, by responding more frequently to 바카라사이트 turnover by poaching leaders from o바카라사이트r campuses.
“Boards are looking for experienced presidents,” especially at institutions that are facing challenges in enrolment and fundraising, he said. “They want somebody who’s been in 바카라사이트 seat before.”
The need for something aimed more at setting and managing expectations does seem clear, said Michael Horn, a higher education strategist.
“We’re clearly not landing with candidates that can stay at an institution for a couple [of] decades,” said Mr Horn, a co-founder and fellow at 바카라사이트 Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. “If you look at 바카라사이트 successful leaders, that’s 바카라사이트 time frame by which 바카라사이트y stay to really affect meaningful change and transformation in 바카라사이트ir institutions.”
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