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Background And Leadership Traits To Effectively Lead Faculty Senates In California Community Colleges, Julie Adams
Background And Leadership Traits To Effectively Lead Faculty Senates In California Community Colleges, Julie Adams
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Although the major responsibility for community college governance falls to presidents and administrators, researchers have recognized the integral role of faculty in governing higher education institutions. Few studies, however, have explored the effectiveness of contributions of faculty elected to community college academic senates. The purpose of this research was to investigate the background traits and leadership skills of elected academic senate presidents in order to identify both their perceptions of themselves as leaders and the perceptions of other faculty senate members. This study was based in the theory of transformational leadership in organizations and its impact on the effectiveness of …