Revisiting a post from earlier in the year. We still don’t know much about leadership in HE…
What do we know about leadership in higher education?
Not a lot, seems to be the answer.
I’ve written a bit before in the Imperfect University series about leadership in universities. There is a new report out which seeks to sum up what we know about leadership in HE.
This report, written by Professor Jacky Lumby and published by the Leadership Foundation, must have been difficult for the LFHE to come to terms with. I think they deserve credit for publishing it as it does rather suggest that we really haven’t learned an awful lot about leadership in HE despite all the research undertaken by, among others, the Leadership Foundation. It is a fascinating and refreshingly candid read.
It considers the big questions about leadership in HE:
- Does the HE context demand a distinctive approach?
- Who are the leaders in higher education?
- How do the leaders operate and…
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