The Right Stuff As community colleges face a vast number of retirements, these institutions are searching for leaders who can guide them through a new era of visibility and accountability. Caryn Meyers Fliegler A universitybusiness.com T EASE IN THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT? CHECK. ADEPT AT RAISING funds? Got it. Comfortable with politics? Uh-huh. Able to build relationships with trustees? Yep. Sure, presidents and high-level administrators at four-year colleges and universities have long needed to satisfy these job requirements. But community college chiefs? Not so much. Now that’s changing, as two-year institutions take in everlarger numbers of students and become increasingly accountable and transparent to business partners, government entities, and communities. “The expectations are higher,” says Jan Greenwood, who performs higher ed executive searches and provides consulting and training as president of Miramar Beach, Fla.-based Greenwood & Associates. September 2007 | 39
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - September 2007