期刊名称：E-Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership
电子版ISSN：2154-8927
出版年度：2012
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：33
出版社：weLEAD Inc., Ohio
摘要：Leadership Development is an area that is lacking within institutions of Higher Education. With today's higher education landscape always changing it is now more important that there is quality leadership throughout these institutions. Gmelch (1991) wrote about a leadership crisis that is present throughout institutions of higher learning. Leadership in higher education is facing a difficult time because of the lack of quality administrative leaders (Morris, 2008). This leadership crisis applies to all institutions whether it is a two-year community college or a regional state institution, all institutions are facing a leadership shortage. As many “Baby Boomers” start to retire, many top leadership positions are becoming vacant. Many of these positions will need to be filled because of the strategic importance of operating the institutions. According to Gmelch (2004), academic leaders must declare that the time for amateur administration is over, and leaders must take a more proactive role in higher education. Strathe and Wilson (2006) wrote, “Significant changes in the past several decades have made the academic administrative role in our nation’s colleges and universities much less attractive than has previously been the case” (p. 5). There is a leadership deficit that is taking place in higher education, and leadership development can help with this issue.
