The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education: Stories and Roadmaps

This book is a collection of stories and reflections that represent Chinese American leaders and depict their tortuous journeys in U.S. higher education that comes at a critical point in time. Many books have been devoted to academic leadership, but this volume uniquely focuses on subjects most relevant to Chinese Americans. We live at a time that not only witnesses an increase in Chinese American leaders on U.S. campuses but also mounting incidents of discriminatory treatment of this group. This book showcases 36 stories and reflections from past, present, and future leaders, including the five previously published stories. They represent leaders holding different ideological values in various academic fields, positions, stages of careers, professional trajectories, generations, Chinese ethnic groups, and geographical locations. The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature that has assisted countless academicleaders in navigating their careers, bringing to the forefront a distinct group of academic leaders who have been underrepresented.

Seeks to close a critical gap in the higher education leadership and Asian American Studies literature Demonstrates vivid examples of inclusive excellence Tells remarkable life and career stories from the underrepresented community

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Chapter 1. Building Community Partnerships and Strengthening Business Education.- Chapter 2. Leading Universities from a Social Justice Perspective.- Chapter 3. Diversity and Chinese American Leadership: A Contextual and Experiential Approach to Theories with Reality Checks.- Chapter 4. Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leadership.- Chapter 5. Building Leadership Capacity and Organizational Efficiency.- Chapter 6. Navigating Tradition and Transformation: Lessons Learned in Higher Education.- Chapter 7. Leading and Managing: My Experience Serving in Academic Leadership.- Chapter 8. The Presidential Quest from a First Generation Chinese American Academic.- Chapter 9. The Man Who Races Against Time.- Chapter 10. From Leading Others to Leading Yourself.- Chapter 11. Shared Governance in American Higher Education and Water-Like Servant Leadership in Daoist Psychology.- Chapter 12. A Humble Beginning to Higher Ed Leadership.- Chapter 13. Courage at the Intersection of Preparation and Opportunity.- Chapter 14. Data-Informed Decision-Making in Higher Education.- Chapter 15. Leading Research and Enhancing Scholarship: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Faculty Diversity.- Chapter 16. To Lead, to Serve, and to Transform: From Law School Dean to University President.- Chapter 17. When You Were a Student at Harvard, Did You Dream of Becoming a Dean?.- Chapter 18. The Asian Way: Chia-Wei Woo and the Education of a University President.- Chapter 19. From Community Colleges to Four-Year Universities: My Experience Creating a Community Impact.- Chapter 20. Leading with Courage, Vision, Perseverance, Execution, and Impact.- Chapter 21. An Introvert Leading Higher Education in Academic Nursing and Healthcare.- Chapter 22. Starting from Two Suitcases My Journey Leading Academic and Research Libraries in America.- Chapter 23. My Accidental Path to Leadership and What I Have Learned along the Way.- Chapter 24. High Expectations, Short Fuse: The Intangibles Facing an Asian American President.- Chapter 25. Everything My Asian Immigrant Parents Taught Me Turns Out to Be Wrong.- Chapter 26. Leading Climate Change Actions in Higher Education.- Chapter 27. Innovation and Community Dialogues.- Chapter 28. Leading with Passion, Purpose, and Perseverance.- Chapter 29. Internationalization Innovation: One SIO's Journey as an Academic Entrepreneur.- Chapter 30. Advocating Users' Needs through a Leadership Role in Research Libraries.- Chapter 31. Promotion of Bilateral Collaboration in Health Sciences between the US and China Against Various Global Health Challenges.- Chapter 32. Leadership A Pathway from Surviving to Thriving.- Chapter 33. Journey to the Dark Side.- Chapter 34. Bobby Fong Remembered for His Many Contributions to Butler.- Chapter 35. C. L. Liu A Leading Authority and Role Model in Sino-American Academia.- Chapter 36. Memories of Chang-Lin Tien.