2. Outline
1. Academic
Leadership
2. Graduate Quality
3. AKEPT͛s MissioŶ
and Strategic Roles
4. Academic
Leadership in Learning
and Teaching
SHAPING MINDS, BUILDING LEADERSHIP
3. Academic Leadership?
Leadership is the transformation of expertise and
vision into actions that are judged effective by the led
(Cowan & Heywood, 2001:16)
Academic leadership is the act of building a
community of scholars to set direction and achieve
common purpose through the empowerment of
faculty and staff (Gmelch & Wolverton, 2002:3)
Academic leadership as ͚… a praĐtiĐal aŶd eǀ erLJdaLJ
process of supporting, managing, developing and
inspiring academic colleagues...͛ (Ramsden, 1998:4)
SHAPING MINDS, BUILDING LEADERSHIP