Lorraine Stefani

How can Academic Developers provide evidence of the effectiveness and ‘added value’ of their work to the key stakeholders within their institutions? Written for Academic Developers, academic administrators and others responsible for promoting organizational change, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is a professional guide that shares best practice advice and provides developers with useful frameworks for effective evaluation and monitoring of their work. Through case studies and up-to-date examples from experts in the field, this collection explores the nuances of evaluative practice and the tensions inherent in claiming a causal link between academic development and organizational transformation. As higher education institutions continue to seek effective ways to determine the impact of academic development on organizational transformation in general and student learning in particular, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is sure to be an invaluable resource.

Principles and Practice

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development

Patrick Blessinger

An Inclusive Transformation Charter -- Inclusivity -- Inclusive Change: Young Academics Program, Signature Courses and Decoloniality School -- Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- 11. Understanding the Grit and Gravitas Underlying Culturally Sustaining Inclusive Leadership in Academe -- Introduction -- Unpacking Inclusion, Diversity, Grit, and Gravitas -- Inclusion and Diversity -- Grit and Gravitas -- Scholarly Approach Taken -- Data Sources -- Mode of Inquiry and Analysis -- Salient Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Educational Leadership Practices -- Teaching -- Exemplars of Grit or Gravitas in the Inclusive Tertiary Classroom -- Research -- Service -- Further Evidence of Inclusive Culturally Sustainable Leadership -- Final Thoughts Moving into the Future of Educational Leadership in Higher Education -- Note -- References -- 12. Inclusive Institutional Leadership through Community Engagement -- Introduction -- The Idea of Community -- The Model University -- Note -- References -- 13. A Multi-lens View of Inclusive Leadership in Higher Education -- Introduction -- Looking at Leadership in Higher Education Through Different Lenses -- Diversity and Inclusion are Easy Words to Say -- Reaching for Inclusive Leadership in Higher Education -- Inclusive Leadership, Social Forces, Cultural Context -- The University as Role Model for Society? -- Where To From Here? -- References -- List of Contributors -- Appendix 1 -- Index

International Perspectives and Approaches

Inclusive Leadership in Higher Education

Inclusive Leadership in Higher Education examines leadership efforts that move beyond simple diversity programs in the journey towards the institutional transformation necessary to create inclusive educational environments. Chapter contributors from higher education institutions across the globe share how leadership is developed and implemented at all levels to create more inclusive organizational cultures. Diverse chapters address the forces and factors associated with organizational change while examining leadership theory, policy, and practices. This important volume provides a comparative perspective, highlighting common themes across a range of institutional and cultural contexts to help leaders promote an organizational mind-set and culture of inclusion and inclusiveness.

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