Leadership in Higher Education: Insights from Academic Advisers
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https://doi.org/10.18113/P8mj2161110Keywords:
Higher Education, Policy, Neoliberalism, Academic Capitalism, Educational Outcomes, Assessment, Academic AdvisingAbstract
Higher education is facing significant structural challenges that must be addressed through changes in educational policy and practice. Higher education leadership often relies on corporate logics that ultimately exacerbate these problems. Academic advisers offer a unique perspective and expertise working on the front lines with students. Advisers must examine, debate, and study educational policies, practices, and issues at the organizational, institutional, and societal levels. Higher education leadership should seek advisers' guidance on these matters. A clarified educational purpose of academic advising is a necessary foundation in this endeavor. Foremost, academic advising must not be misconceived as a customer service.References
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