University Leadership in Urban School Renewal

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Nancy L. Zimpher, Kenneth R. Howey

Foreword by Michael Baer
Foreword by Gregory M. St. L. O'Brien

Book Code: C8095

ISBN: 0-275-98095-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98095-5

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344 pages, n/a

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 5/30/2004

List Price: $46.95 (UK Sterling Price: £26.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education

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[P]rovides recognition of the complexity invloved with changes in urban education. These first-hand experience writings make evident the tough challenges facing urban university presidents and their communities.
—The Journal of Higher Education July/August 2005

Description: The themes of this book resonate closely with the values of ACE: leadership, change, community partnership, and the importance of teacher education and learning. With higher education facing increasing financial constraints, and public education under continued strain, education leaders must dedicate their efforts to strengthening the partnership of higher education with K-12 education, and with the community, to ensure success. This book features examples of university leaders who took a personal interest in and led their institutions' efforts to improve the quality of teacher preparation, and to develop partnerships with school systems to ensure that more future teachers were recruited, prepared, and provided with an excellent transition into their teaching roles. The leaders used their power to mommunicate with campus communities and partner beyond their institutions, into the communities in which they are located. University Leadership in Urban School Renewal describes the role of the public urban university president and chancellor in providing leadership in P-16 education through activities undertaken in partnership with local urban school districts to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Leaders from urban institutions of higher education who are members of the 14 Great Cities' Universities--universities that collectively serve more than 340,000 students and prepare one-fifth of the nation's teachers--reflect upon their efforts to respond to the needs of education reform, particularly within the country's most challenging metropolitan environments. The authors describe strategies that make education reform the responsibility of all, from teacher education as a university-wide effort to university-community partnerships. They explicate the link from higher education to school districts, other educational institutions, local business, government, and the community at large. The authors asked 14 presidents of urban universities to make as explicit as possible their leadership actions and change strategies within the context of how they have worked to improve the quality of education for urban youth. The first-person accounts of these leaders reflect the important role of urban, state universities in addressing the pervasive problems in urban education as they illustrate the leadership practices of presidents and chancellors.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Michael Baer
Foreword by Gregory M. St. L. O'Brien
Engagement in Urban School Renewal by Kenneth R. Howey and Nancy L. Zimpher
A New Chancellor Sets the Stage by Jo Ann M. Gora
Taking the Long View by Gerald L. Bepko
The University of Illinois at Chicago: Distributed Leadership by Sylvia Manning
The New Millennium Schools Partnership or 45 Days That Changed My Life by Gregory M. St. L. O'Brien
System-to-Stem Reform of Teacher Education and School Renewal by Nancy L. Zimpher
You Can't Teach without Teachers: The Wayne State University and Detroit Public Schools Partnership by Irvin D Reid
Many Voices, One Future: Creating New Standards by Martha W. Gilliland
Partnerships, Accountability, and Results in Educational Reform in Georgia by Carl V. Patton
Passionate Connections, Informed Decisions, Executive Leadership by Shirley C. Raines
Filling the Moat: A Case Study of Presidential Leadership in Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining Urban Educators by Michael Schwartz
Building on Strength: Portland State University's Educational Partnerships for Diversity by Daniel O. Bernstine
The Des Lee Collaborative Vision: Institutionalizing Community Engagement at the University of Missouri-St. Louis by Blanche M. Touhill
The Initiative for Teacher Education: A Journey to Shape the Future by Joseph A. Steger
A "Metroversity" for a New Millennium by Eugene P. Trani
The President's Role in Educational Reform: Concluding Observations by Kenneth R. Howey and Nancy L. Zimpher
Index

LC Card Number: 2004047972

LCC Class: LB2331

Dewey Class: 378


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