Book Review: Mitchell, B. C., King, W. J. (2022). Leadership Matters: Confronting the Hard Choices Facing Higher Education. United States: Johns Hopkins University Press

Abstract

In the context of our changing times with dramatic and unexpected challenges, Leadership Matters sends a strong message to higher education leadership, addressing the pressing needs for flexibility and adaptation, but also focusing on the tasks for those who govern these “repositories of American culture.” Extraordinary challenges require governance prowess and extraordinary decisions. Organized in nine chapters followed by extensive notes, the book represents a major contribution to the overall concepts of strategic planning, management and operations, stakeholder relations, campus and community, accreditation and athletic conferences, to name just a few. W. Joseph King and Brian C. Mitchell share with the readers their strong belief that the American higher education system will continue to be relevant in the coming years if their leaders can prove themselves to be adaptable and effective in their decision-making approach.