Offers a new vision of leadership for today's higher education. Grounded in the author's own story of leaving McKinsey & Company in pursuit of a new source of meaning in his professional life, Higher Calling employs research gathered from search firm executives who now play king or queen maker in presidential and dean searches.
colleges and universities hiring nontraditional candidates to lead them into the future? How are the skills required to lead higher education institutions changing? Or has the search process changed, resulting in a more diverse set of candidates?
Providing not only an analysis of nontraditional leaders in higher education but strategies for developing skills and selecting leaders, Beardsley offers a wealth of information for the modern university in the face of change.
