Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed: Mergers, Closures, and Other Major Institutional Restructuring
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| Title: | Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed: Mergers, Closures, and Other Major Institutional Restructuring |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, Richard Katzman |
| Source: | Johns Hopkins University Press. 2025. |
| Availability: | Johns Hopkins University Press. 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 800-537-5487; Tel: 410-516-6900; Fax: 410-516-6998; e-mail: hfscustserve@press.jhu.edu; Web site: https://www.press.jhu.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 408 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Intended Audience: | Administrators; Policymakers |
| Document Type: | Book Guides - Non-Classroom |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Higher Education, Educational Change, Organizational Change, School Closing, School Restructuring, Educational Strategies, College Administration, Resistance to Change |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-5183-1 |
| Abstract: | Higher education is at a crossroads. With demographic shifts, financial constraints, shrinking enrollments, and the demand for institutional innovation, universities and colleges are grappling with monumental challenges. In "Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed", Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, and Richard Katzman offer invaluable insights into how institutional leaders can successfully navigate mergers, closures, and other large-scale transformations. The authors explore the critical components of successfully leading institutional restructuring--such as pacing change, managing resistance, and harnessing the power of early adopters--while also recognizing the obstacles leaders face. Using vivid examples from real mergers in higher education, this book demonstrates how and why versatile leadership is essential as colleges and universities face an increasingly uncertain future. Whether managing a complex merger, preparing for potential closure, or undertaking other major institutional restructuring, leaders must be willing to embrace difficult decisions and act decisively before institutional decline becomes irreversible. Drawing on decades of leadership experience and research, this book provides actionable strategies for higher education leaders to take charge of change, rather than be swept away by it. "Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed" is an essential guide for college and university presidents and chancellors, trustees, policymakers, and other executives and stakeholders who seek to lead and guide institutions of higher education through turbulent times. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Access URL: | https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53736/leading-existential-change-higher-ed |
| Accession Number: | ED679168 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Higher education is at a crossroads. With demographic shifts, financial constraints, shrinking enrollments, and the demand for institutional innovation, universities and colleges are grappling with monumental challenges. In "Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed", Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, and Richard Katzman offer invaluable insights into how institutional leaders can successfully navigate mergers, closures, and other large-scale transformations. The authors explore the critical components of successfully leading institutional restructuring--such as pacing change, managing resistance, and harnessing the power of early adopters--while also recognizing the obstacles leaders face. Using vivid examples from real mergers in higher education, this book demonstrates how and why versatile leadership is essential as colleges and universities face an increasingly uncertain future. Whether managing a complex merger, preparing for potential closure, or undertaking other major institutional restructuring, leaders must be willing to embrace difficult decisions and act decisively before institutional decline becomes irreversible. Drawing on decades of leadership experience and research, this book provides actionable strategies for higher education leaders to take charge of change, rather than be swept away by it. "Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed" is an essential guide for college and university presidents and chancellors, trustees, policymakers, and other executives and stakeholders who seek to lead and guide institutions of higher education through turbulent times. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-5183-1 |
