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WALTER H. GMELCH joined the faculty of the Department of Leadership Studies at the University of San Francisco after having served as the dean of the School of Education for nine years. He is director of the National Center for the Study of Academic Leadership and serves on the editorial board of several journals including The Department Chair, International Journal of Leadership and Change, Academic Leadership, and the International Leadership Journal. Gmelch has also served as dean of the College of Education at Iowa State University and interim dean of the College of Education, professor, and chair at Washington State University.

JEFFREY L. BULLER is dean of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University. Previously he held leadership positions at Loras College, Georgia Southern University, and Mary Baldwin College. As a senior partner in ATLAS (Academic Training, Leadership, and Assessment Services), he is currently active as a consultant to many colleges, universities, and university systems, such as the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, where he guides them in developing academic leadership capacity. He is the author of Positive Academic Leadership, The Essential Academic Dean, The Essential Department Chair, and many other titles from Jossey-Bass.

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The increasing demands for accountability and the complexities of higher education leadership require that institutions find ways to shape leaders at the department chair, dean, and executive levels of all functions and responsibilities.

Building Academic Leadership Capacity provides a road map for an effective development program, whether the goal is to revamp an existing program or build one from the ground up. Walter Gmelch and Jeffrey Buller—academics and leadership experts—have worked extensively with administrators who have built successful programs, and they themselves have established effective leadership programs at various institutions. This comprehensive guide draws on the authors' research into proven training procedures and includes the best practices from model programs found all over the world.

Filled with illustrative examples of current campus programs, Building Academic Leadership Capacity explores how the concepts presented work in real-world settings. Each chapter includes clarifying questions designed to help readers make a systematic analysis of whether they have all the key components of an effective leadership program in place and structured in such a way as to meet the needs of their stakeholders.

Gmelch and Buller outline a systematic approach that institutions can adopt to fit the needs of their campuses and to create an effective program that will develop the next generation of academic leaders.

De la solapa interior

The increasing demands for accountability and the complexities of higher education leadership require that institutions find ways to shape leaders at the department chair, dean, and executive levels of all functions and responsibilities.

Building Academic Leadership Capacity provides a road map for an effective development program, whether the goal is to revamp an existing program or build one from the ground up. Walter Gmelch and Jeffrey Buller—academics and leadership experts—have worked extensively with administrators who have built successful programs, and they themselves have established effective leadership programs at various institutions. This comprehensive guide draws on the authors' research into proven training procedures and includes the best practices from model programs found all over the world.

Filled with illustrative examples of current campus programs, Building Academic Leadership Capacity explores how the concepts presented work in real-world settings. Each chapter includes clarifying questions designed to help readers make a systematic analysis of whether they have all the key components of an effective leadership program in place and structured in such a way as to meet the needs of their stakeholders.

Gmelch and Buller outline a systematic approach that institutions can adopt to fit the needs of their campuses and to create an effective program that will develop the next generation of academic leaders.