October 31, 2008

How Community-College Leaders Can Reach the Top and Stay There

By GEORGE B. VAUGHAN

COMMENTARY

I became a community-college president rather quickly. I had less than three years of administrative experience, all as chief academic officer at two community colleges. Over the years, I have been asked how I reached what some consider the top of my profession so quickly. I always give the same answer: The escalator came by, I got on, and I rode it up.

Community-college professionals who want to reach the top today do not have it so easy. The escalator does not come

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