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“Leadership practices and diversity in higher education:

Transitional and transformational frameworks”

Diane R. Easter-Brown

MGT 330 Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

Professor: Andre Sowunmi

March 2, 2004

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“Leadership practices and diversity in higher education:

Transitional and transformational frameworks”

Summary

        Adalberto, Aquirre Jr., and Martinez’s article features an overview on the issue of leadership practices and diversity issues in higher education. They wanted to point out that in order for leaders in higher education to understand and respond to diversity issues, they will have to implement two important frameworks within the organization. These frameworks share an important relationship between leadership and diversity.

         This article use the frameworks as strategies for examining the type of leadership practices that higher education can employ in its response to diversity. For example, Framework 1: Leadership Practices for Diversity, identified leadership practices that address  diversity issues in higher education by seeking to alter values and preferences in the organizational culture. “A central focus within this framework is the transformation of an organizational culture characterized by exclusionary practices to one characterized by including practices.” (Adalberto, Aquirre, and Martinez, 2002, p. 53)

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        In addition, Framework 2: Diversity for Leadership Practices, purposed that leadership practices seek to change the academic culture in order to address diversity issues. However, this framework can only take affect if “…a campus must be positioned to make strategic gains in its efforts. In a sense, this evolves the development of institutional capacity for change.” (Adalberto, Aquirre, and Martinez, 2002, p. 53) The intention of this essay was to encourage leaders of higher education to be more passionate in their attitude and response to diversity issues.

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