Fostering Community College Leaders: An Examination of Leadership Development Programs

Community college competencies for student educational leadership development and degree pathways

“…Their current approach to leadership development is a “mosaic of practices and opportunities” (Eddy, 2013, p. 21). Though research on community college leadership development has primarily focused on presidential leadership (e.g., Amey, 2005; Eddy, 2005; Eddy & Garza Mitchell, 2017) and administrative leadership (Robison et al., 2010), research with a focus on student leadership within these specific institutions has been largely unattended. Institutions of higher education must pay further detailed attention to helping students enhance their leadership skills through formal leadership development opportunities (Komives & Sowcik, 2020).…”

Leadership development in practice: a transformative journey

“…Community colleges are complex organizations, and are particularly vulnerable to disruption, so effective leadership throughout the organization is needed, but there is a limited supply of leaders who are suited to, or interested in, filling academic leadership roles (Cooper & Pagotto, 2003;Eddy, 2010;Nica, 2013;Raines & Squires Alberg, 2003;Robison & Gray, 2017;Robison et al, 2010;Thorpe & and Garside, 2017). Further, community colleges have need for leadership throughout the organization, not only in senior administrative roles and formal leadership roles, but also in informal roles (Eddy, 2010;.…”

Understanding the impact of informal mentoring on female mid-level community college administrators : an interpretive phenomenological analysis

“…Community colleges face unprecedented vacancies in senior management positions and as a result, a large gap exists of qualified administrators prepared to take on leadership responsibilities (Luna, 2012;Luzbetak, 2010;Robison et al, 2010;Strom et al, 2011). Almost half of all presidents at community colleges plan to retire within the next decade and these vacancies will leave a vast depletion in the shared collective memory and understanding of leadership in community colleges (Garza, Mitchell, & Eddy, 2008;Strom et al, 2011;VanDerLinden, 2005).…”

“…One of the greatest challenges facing community colleges today requires cultivating a new generation of leaders (Luzbetak, 2010;Robison, Sugar, & Miller, 2010;Strom, Sanchez, & Downey;Schilling, 2011). Community colleges face unprecedented vacancies in senior management positions and as a result, a large gap exists of qualified administrators prepared to take on leadership responsibilities (Luna, 2012;Luzbetak, 2010;Robison et al, 2010;Strom et al, 2011).…”

“…The administrators who move into these senior level roles will not only be qualified by work experience, but will also have received formal and informal professional development training (Luna, 2012;Robison et al, 2010). One of the most recent trends in academia is to develop these mentoring and leadership programs to foster growth within their organizations and workforce (Robison et al, 2010). Research studies have detailed the benefits of mentoring and have noted that many current college presidents received some form of mentoring as professional development (Campbell et al, 2012).…”