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Culminating Projects in Higher Education Administration

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An Examination Of Leader-Member Exchange And Job Embeddedness Of High Performing Development Officers In Higher Education, Nicholas Linde Oct 2018

An Examination Of Leader-Member Exchange And Job Embeddedness Of High Performing Development Officers In Higher Education, Nicholas Linde

Culminating Projects in Higher Education Administration

Private giving to higher education has increased every year since 2010 and the need for private support has been steadily increasing as cuts to state appropriations have become the norm. Increasing tuition has become highly scrutinized and higher education institutions are favoring private support to solve the gap in funding. The average tenure for a development officer stays in their job is roughly 16 months. Development positions are becoming more crucial for the financial success of a higher education institution and keeping talented development personnel is an increasingly important challenge.

In this study, high performing development officers from around the …