Towards a Scholarship of Practice for University Leadership in Southern Africa: The Two-Way Practitioner-Researcher Loop

Autor/inn/en	Lyken-Segosebe, Dawn; Braxton, John M.
Titel	Towards a Scholarship of Practice for University Leadership in Southern Africa: The Two-Way Practitioner-Researcher Loop
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 10 (2021) 1, S.93-105 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	College Administration; Decision Making; Data Analysis; Barriers; Leadership Effectiveness; Higher Education; Researchers; Policy Formation; Institutional Research; Educational Planning; Administrator Role; Capacity Building; Theory Practice Relationship; Leadership Training; Program Descriptions; Administrator Education; Foreign Countries; Universities; Web Sites; Administrator Attitudes; Institutional Characteristics; Masters Programs; Doctoral Programs; College Faculty; College Students; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Auswertung; Führungseffizienz; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Researcher; Forscher; Politische Betätigung; Institutionelle Forschung; Bildungsplanung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Führungslehre; Ausland; University; Universität; Web-Design; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Doktorandenprogramm; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Afrika
Abstract	Vice chancellors of public universities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region face a myriad of challenges that require research- and data-driven decision-making. This paper presents a decision-making model for college and university leadership - The Two-Way Practitioner-Researcher Loop. This scholarship of practice has the twin goals of developing a knowledge base for college and university leadership and improving leadership practice in the university. The scholarship of practice comprises two "loops". In the practitioner-to-researcher loop, vice chancellors develop practitioner-defined research agenda to be researched internally by Departments of Institutional Research and externally by members of Higher Education research communities. In the researcher-to-practitioner loop, research findings are communicated back to vice chancellors for immediate application to institutional planning, policy formulation, and decision making. This scholarship of practice develops a knowledge base comprised of both "knowledge for practice" and "knowledge in practice" at the level of university leadership. To build capacity for vice chancellors to craft research agenda and questions emanating from their "knowledge in practice", we identify internal mechanisms and external associations, training programmes and other forums that provide leadership development and support for these university executives. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01