Higher Education Administration

Few resources exist for individuals who wish to subscribe to apractical applied learning approach to higher educationadministration. To that end this book's vignettes: 1) reflect the diversityof issues roles contexts and situations postsecondary leaders face-yet are uncommonly addressed in learning resources; 2) placelearners in authentic higher education administrative circumstancesin which they must respond; 3) facilitate further individual orcollective exploration; and 4) may be adapted to a broad array offormal and informal professional development needs.The book's scenarios include a broad assortment of exhibits (e.g. correspondences articlesinstitutional policies etc.) which allow learners to practice evaluating a range of informationsources common in postsecondary administration. In addition each vignette provides learnerswith guided opportunities to determine how and why they might respond in the situationspresented and offers chances to assess the responses of actual higher education administrators toauthentic situations and challenges.