Student Centered, Innovation Driven (eBook)

A Guide to Transforming Higher Education

Richard D. Muma (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
216 Seiten
University Press of Kansas (Verlag)
978-0-7006-4066-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The president of Wichita State University shows how you can take your university from good to great.In Student Centered, Innovation Driven, Wichita State University President Rick Muma shares the unvarnished, hard-fought transformation of a mid-sized public research university into a national model for applied learning, research, and industry collaboration.Higher education is at a crossroads. Shrinking enrollments, increasing demands for workforce alignment, and the ever-changing expectations of students and communities require bold leadership and innovative solutions.Drawing from his own experiences, President Muma guides fellow university leaders through an exploration of embracing change, viewing existing assets through a fresh lens, and building student-first institutions that thrive in todays evolving educational landscape. This book serves as both a reflection on Wichita States transformation and a thought-provoking workbook, inviting readers to assess their own institutions and chart a path forward.Whether youre a university president, provost, or administrator seeking inspiration and practical guidance, Student Centered, Innovation Driven offers a compelling case study on how innovation, access, and affordability can drive meaningful institutional successeven when the path forward is anything but easy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 15 black-and-white photographs; 16 figures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Schlagworte: applied learning • college access • college affordability • Higher Education Leadership • higher education strategy • innovation in education • Institutional Change • meeting challenges in higher education • Public-private Partnerships • Public university • Richard Muma • student-first institutions • university transformation • wichita state university • workforce development
• ISBN-10: 0-7006-4066-5 / 0700640665
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7006-4066-9 / 9780700640669