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Collaborative Leadership and Student Success Perceptions of Chief Academic Affairs & Chief Student Affairs Officers at Midwestern Private Higher Education Institutions
No full textThis quasi-experimental study focused on collaborative leadership in higher education, emphasizing its potential impact on student success and career readiness. The 66 Chief Academic Affairs Officers (CAAOs) and Chief Student Affairs Officers (CSAOs) participants worked at Midwestern private higher education institutions, which were members of The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) (n.d.). The participants completed Collaborative Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaires (Turning Point, n.d.) that included a student success section, which was developed and added based on research topics presented by Kezar (2003) and Kezar and Holcombe (2020). The results showed no statistically significant differences in perceptions of collaborative leadership influencing student success and career readiness among the leaders based on age, gender, education, or years of experience. Other studies suggested that collaborative initiatives between academic and student affairs divisions can benefit student development in and out of class (Chen & Tull, 2023; Kezar, 2003; O’Connor, 2012; O’Hallan, 2019) and fortify students’ career readiness, which was crucial for students graduating and entering the workforce (Humphreys, 2013). Future research on collaborative leadership in higher education to support student and career readiness may yield viable results if more participants are involved, especially post-pandemic
