Searching for Higher Education Leadership
Advice for Candidates and Search Committees
Series: ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education
By Jean A. Dowdall
0-275-99146-6/978-0-275-99146-3
Description
Jean Dowdall, extremely well-qualified and well-known in the area of higher education executive search, offers crucial advice for higher education search candidates as they move chronologically through a typical search, including pre-search considerations; making the best use of a network; preparing an application; confidentiality concerns; interviews; considering an offer; and making the transition to the new position. When the focus shifts to search committees, again moving chronologically through the search process, Dowdall explores subjects such as understanding the the position; how search committees are formed; factors involved in carrying out the search, whether with, or without, a consultant; and the transition to the new leadership from the institutional perspective.
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[A] spectrum of sound advice, clear alternatives, and significant information....Beach read? No. Absolute must read for every academic who may ever be either a candidate or a search committee member? Definitely.
—ACE Network News
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Attempting to meet the needs of readers from elite national research and liberal arts institutions, regional comprehensive institutions, and public and private institutions, educational leadership consultant Dowdall provides advice on the executive search process for presidents, chancellors, or vice presidents/vice chancellors for academic affairs, student affairs, advancement, enrollment, or finance.
—Reference & Research Book News
Endorsement From Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Managing Director and Vice President, Edward W. Kelley & Partners
Jean Dowdall has written the essential guide -- which updates and exceeds every other book -- for both candidates and search committees engaged in presidential searches. It not only has the depth of Riesman and McLaughlin's original research in 1990, but provides advice on contemporary challenges: how to set up e-reading rooms for file review or how to engage spouses/partners in a search. Her book answers every question about best practices, and even more importantly, provides guidance to all segments of higher education. For committees and candidates eager to do their homework before a search, this is the comprehensive book to consult.
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