We can’t predict with certainty how changes in technology, student demographics, funding or government regulation will affect higher education institutions, but the need for certain leadership skills and traits will endure. In an interview with Academic Leader, John McKay, coordinator of the doctoral program in Community College Executive Leadership at Wingate University, offered the following advice for leaders as they face the challenges of today and the future.
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Creating an Academic Culture of Working to Live
I’m often asked how I succeed at managing work-life balance—or as I call it, “life-work balance”— and it stems from my childhood. My parents both worked as educators, and