Community College Presidential Leadership: How Presidents Think and Act to Support the Holistic Needs of Their Students

IF 1.7 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Community College Review Pub Date : 2022-01-07 DOI:10.1177/00915521211061418

Jorge Burmicky, Antonio Duran

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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore how public community college presidents draw upon data, their core values, and lived experiences to make decisions about how they can best respond to the holistic needs of their students. Method: Utilizing secondary elite focus group data with 15 community college presidents in Texas, we employed a general qualitative approach to analyze the data through a conceptual framework that integrates community college leadership and holistic student development theory. Results: Our findings revealed that community college presidents make decisions primarily through select data sources such as external survey organizations and their own core belief systems. Although community college presidents agreed on the most pressing day-to-day issues affecting community college students today, the way in which they framed their decisions and perceptions varied across individuals and institutional contexts. As such, common strategies for addressing holistic student support are presented in this study. Contributions: The residual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to impact community colleges in the short and long term. As a result, community college presidents are pressed to develop leadership competencies to enhance their decision-making process. This study offers timely implications closely tied to community college leadership and student development theory to inform how community college leaders can enact relevant, data-driven policies, and practices to support their students holistically.

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社区大学校长领导力:校长如何思考和行动来支持学生的整体需求

目的:本研究的目的是探讨公立社区大学校长如何利用数据、他们的核心价值观和生活经验来决定他们如何最好地回应学生的整体需求。方法:利用德克萨斯州15名社区大学校长的二级精英焦点小组数据，我们采用一般定性方法，通过整合社区大学领导力和整体学生发展理论的概念框架来分析数据。结果:我们的研究结果表明，社区大学校长主要通过外部调查机构和他们自己的核心信念体系等选择数据来源做出决策。尽管社区大学校长们对影响当今社区大学生的最紧迫的日常问题意见一致，但他们制定决策和看法的方式因个人和机构背景而异。因此，在本研究中提出了解决整体学生支持的共同策略。贡献:预计2019冠状病毒病大流行的残余影响将在短期和长期内影响社区大学。因此，社区大学校长被迫发展领导能力，以提高他们的决策过程。本研究提供了与社区学院领导和学生发展理论密切相关的及时启示，告知社区学院领导如何制定相关的、数据驱动的政策和实践，以全面支持他们的学生。

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Community College Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Community College Review (CCR) has led the nation for over 35 years in the publication of scholarly, peer-reviewed research and commentary on community colleges. CCR welcomes manuscripts dealing with all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions. All submitted manuscripts undergo a blind review. When manuscripts are not accepted for publication, we offer suggestions for how they might be revised. The ultimate intent is to further discourse about community colleges, their students, and the educators and administrators who work within these institutions.