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Academe and business evolve to collaborate?
It seems a bit heretical to compare academic administrators to their counterparts in business. Because of the perception of higher education as a noble calling compared to the "dirty" world of business, there's always been an uneasy truce between the two groups.
Today more than ever before, administrators in public research universities face very similar challenges to those of their peers in the business sector. Higher education is becoming more market-driven and looking for relevance. Private business is turning to knowledge workers to support it in the knowledge industry.
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With academic turnover in higher education expected to be about 30% over the next five years, the pipeline needs to be full of potential leaders with the skills and abilities to head complex organizations. Perhaps the two groups may consider collaboration for mutual benefits.
Having earned an MBA, Angela Hernquist, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and mother of five, wanted to pursue a PhD. But she wasn't sure which discipline to choose. "I kept searching for where the two things come together," she said, speaking about the divide between higher education and business.
The search led Hernquist to her research topic, a comparison of female presidents at public research universities with their counterparts in business. She spoke about her PhD research at the University of Nebraska's Women in Educational Leadership conference held Lincoln in October.
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