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BALANCING THE PROS AND CONS OF A NEW COMMUNITY COLLEGE
“GROW-YOUR-OWN” LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
by
Audrey Reille
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements of the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Audrey Reille
Object Description
| Title | Balancing the pros and cons of a new community college "grow-your-own" leadership program |
| Author | Reille, Audrey |
| Author email | AudreyReille@yahoo.com; reille@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-04 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-07-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Kezar, Adrianna |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sundt, Melora Marshall, Cheryl |
| Abstract | This study examines how a community college can create an in-house leadership program to “grow their own” leaders, in response to a nationwide shortage of qualified administrative leaders, accentuated by the retirement of numerous administrators. The literature suggests that in-house leadership training is a good strategy for community colleges, however, there is no literature explaining how a college should develop a program, based on its own culture and needs.; Action research and qualitative methods were used to define the goals of the future program at the college studied, and make recommendation regarding the program’s components, structure, administration, budget, and funding sources. Directors and coordinators of 15 existing Grow-Your Own (GYO) programs were interviewed, to understand how their programs were created and implemented. Secondly, data were collected at the college studied through document reviews, interviews with 12 managers, and monthly stakeholder meetings to evaluate the college’s culture, needs, and resources. A focus group was conducted at the end of the study to test the survey findings and recommendations to the college.; The study revealed that a GYO program can be a good strategy for a college to prepare its future leaders at low cost, customize the training to the specific needs and culture, and offer opportunities for participants to apply their new knowledge directly at their college, with the support and guidance of a mentor. However, this type of program presents limitations including a common lack of needs assessments and formal program evaluation, and a risk to overlook important training and competencies by only teaching current strategies and practices, rather than encouraging improvement and innovation. |
| Keyword | community college; leadership development; in-house training |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2359 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Reille, Audrey |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Reille-2937 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Reille-2937.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | BALANCING THE PROS AND CONS OF A NEW COMMUNITY COLLEGE “GROW-YOUR-OWN” LEADERSHIP PROGRAM by Audrey Reille A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2009 Copyright 2009 Audrey Reille |
