Leadership characteristics needed by presidents of historically Black colleges and universities as perceived by academic vice presidents.

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The purpose of this study was to determine leadership characteristics needed by Presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Perceived by Academic Vice-Presidents. The research was conducted during the Fall of 2000 and Spring of 2001 school year.
Two questions guided this research: (1) What leadership characteristics should Historically Black College and University Presidents possess to be successful in the 21<super>st</super> Century? and (2) What are the emerging issues that Historically Black College and University Presidents will face at the beginning of the Century and how far in the Century?.
An Open-Ended Questionnaire, a Telephone Interview, and a daily log sheet were designed to collect data for the study. A Field Test was administered to 30 randomly selected Academic Vice-Presidents from the population of 103 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A log of responses was maintained and resulted in 14 respondents to validate the Open-Ended Questionnaire. An Open-Ended Questionnaire was revised and mailed to each academic Vice-President not participating in the Field Test. There were a total of 73 questionnaires mailed to the Academic Vice-Presidents.
Data was collected from 44 questionnaires, and 22 telephone interviews. The data collected was analyzed using Ronata Tesch's (1990) eight steps to qualitative data analysis. All data was compiled, read carefully, and transcribed verbatim.
Results indicated that some Academic Vice-Presidents hold specific perceptions of leadership. These perceptions seem to have been as a result of their observations, experience in current positions, the manner in which the presidents performed, the kinds of goals set, and knowledge of higher education.
Respondents perceived the role of president in the higher education settings as that of providing a vision for the institution, preparing for future issues and establishing how these functions would be performed.