The Governance Roles of Turkish Public University Presidents

Blended with the new trends resulting from the
communication and information technology revolution,
Turkish higher education continues to be
restructured by the unified European Higher
Education Area agreement; and the European Union
accession negotiations. As these new realities
continue to shape higher education globally, a
unifying framework is needed by all involved
parties. Prior to setting up a framework, it becomes
essential to bring transparency to university
governance, particularly, to the roles of the
Presidents as role definitions provide
comprehensibility leading to both internal and
external effectiveness. This work originated from a
research project carried out in Turkey resulting in
the identification of a Turkish model of 10
governance roles. As the model leads to
organizational effectiveness at organizational,
institutional, positional, constituency, and at
Presidential candidacy levels, these findings can be
useful for Turkish Presidents, whether seasoned or
novice, as well as for the leaders of European
University Association member universities, and for
other leaders of global educational institutions.

Autorentext

Yaprak Dalat Ward, EdD: Leadership in Higher Education, Sam Houston State University, Texas. MA: Applied Linguistics, University of Reading, England. Independent Scholar. Consultant at Serco North America, Virginia.

Klappentext

Blended with the new trends resulting from the communication and information technology revolution, Turkish higher education continues to be restructured by the unified European Higher Education Area agreement; and the European Union accession negotiations. As these new realities continue to shape higher education globally, a unifying framework is needed by all involved parties. Prior to setting up a framework, it becomes essential to bring transparency to university governance, particularly, to the roles of the Presidents as role definitions provide comprehensibility leading to both internal and external effectiveness. This work originated from a research project carried out in Turkey resulting in the identification of a Turkish model of 10 governance roles. As the model leads to organizational effectiveness at organizational, institutional, positional, constituency, and at Presidential candidacy levels, these findings can be useful for Turkish Presidents, whether seasoned or novice, as well as for the leaders of European University Association member universities, and for other leaders of global educational institutions.