{"product_id":"leading-existential-change-in-higher-ed-mergers-closures-and-other-major-institutional-restructuring-paperback","title":"Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed: Mergers, Closures, and Other Major Institutional Restructuring - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRicardo Azziz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLloyd A. Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBonita C. Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guide on how to strategically lead institutions of higher education through mergers and other major institutional restructurings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigher education is at a crossroads. With demographic shifts, financial constraints, shrinking enrollments, and the demand for institutional innovation, universities and colleges are grappling with monumental challenges. In \u003ci\u003eLeading Existential Change in Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e, Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, and Richard Katzman offer invaluable insights into how institutional leaders can successfully navigate mergers, closures, and other large-scale transformations. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe authors explore the critical components of successfully leading institutional restructuring--such as pacing change, managing resistance, and harnessing the power of early adopters--while also recognizing the obstacles leaders face. Using vivid examples from real mergers in higher education, this book demonstrates how and why versatile leadership is essential as colleges and universities face an increasingly uncertain future. Whether managing a complex merger, preparing for potential closure, or undertaking other major institutional restructuring, leaders must be willing to embrace difficult decisions and act decisively before institutional decline becomes irreversible. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on decades of leadership experience and research, this book provides actionable strategies for higher education leaders to take charge of change, rather than be swept away by it. \u003ci\u003eLeading Existential Change in Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential guide for college and university presidents and chancellors, trustees, policymakers, and other executives and stakeholders who seek to lead and guide institutions of higher education through turbulent times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRicardo Azziz\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a research professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York; the director of the Center for Higher Education Mergers \u0026amp; Acquisitions (CHEMA) at the Foundation for Research and Education Excellence; and principal at SPH Consulting Group. He led the merger that created Georgia Regents (now Augusta) University, serving as its founding president. \u003cb\u003eLloyd A. Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e is President Emeritus of the University of Toledo, where he led the merger of UT with the Medical College of Ohio. \u003cb\u003eBonita C. Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e led the merger of Gainesville State College with North Georgia College and State University to form the University of North Georgia, where she served as the founding president. \u003cb\u003eRichard Katzman\u003c\/b\u003e is a fellow at CHEMA and a senior consultant at SPH Consulting Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45721766625477,"sku":"9781421451831","price":102.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/lZHp0_u9pL9781421451831.webp?v=1769609339","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/leading-existential-change-in-higher-ed-mergers-closures-and-other-major-institutional-restructuring-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}