Second Founding Presidents

Second Founding Presidents

Kenneth Wayne Borland Jr.
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6560-5.ch020
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Abstract

A comparison of contemporary changing college presidents in a specific microcosm of 163 Christian colleges and universities is made, framed by 10 newer or newly emphasized roles and engagements recently observed among college presidents. Contemporary changes and challenges specific to contemporary presidents in the microcosm are clarified. Historical presidents, primarily founding presidents and ones presiding at critical points in institution sagas, are described relative to the framework of roles and engagements. Discussion of the comparison between the historical and contemporary presidents leads to a conclusion: the changing college president in this microcosm is a “second founding president.”
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Recent Roles, Engagements, And Forces

Nationally observed newer or newly emphasized changing college president roles and engagements extend and expand beyond the levels of the three foci traditionally associated with the office of college president. Those three foci being internal executive and fiduciary responsibilities, border spanning with the external environment, and “taking the point” in regard to extenuating-to-extreme circumstances that compel presidential leadership. (Borland, 2021).

Roles and Engagements

Newer or newly emphasized roles of the changing college president can be described in this way. College presidents are expected to be … (Borland, 2021)

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    Institution Brand developer, guardian, and champion.

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    Media specialist for institutional information, messaging, social media, etc.

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    Entrepreneur of on and off campus education, economic, and community development.

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    Crisis Preventer-Manager: natural, economic, legal, criminal, activist, human, etc. crises.

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    Enrollment Czar of strategic direction and outcomes from admission through graduation.

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    Political Analyst to be proactive in informing, influencing, and intervening.

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    Intersectionalist to improve all identities’ access, inclusion, equity, justice, and mattering.

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    Psychologist aware, modeling, and leading the way to improved mental health.

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    Public Health Official responsible for campus and community wellness and safety.

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    Organizational Architect to sustain, reconfigure, consolidate, merge, and close.

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