Books by Dr. Rick Stripling
Legacy of Change: An Administrator’s Guide to Navigating Higher Education
Drawing on more than four decades of higher education leadership, Legacy of Change offers practical, common-sense guidance for administrators navigating organizational change, leadership transitions, institutional politics, and the complex relationships that shape university life. Dr. Stripling shares lessons from his own administrative career and emphasizes the importance of relationships, sound judgment, and effective leadership in creating lasting institutional change.
A Journey from the Turnrows of the Delta to the Front Rows of Higher Education
A Journey from the Turnrows of the Delta to the Front Rows of Higher Education is a deeply personal memoir tracing Dr. Stripling’s journey from growing up in the Arkansas Delta to a career spanning more than four decades in higher education. Through stories of family, faith, poverty, hard work, military service, education, perseverance, and leadership, the book demonstrates how where we begin does not have to determine where we finish.
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AI in Action: Faculty Strategies for Teaching Online Graduate Courses
Co-authored with Dr. Jessie King, Dr. Eric Gotte, and Dr. Alicia Shaw, AI in Action provides practical strategies for incorporating artificial intelligence into online graduate education. Drawing on the authors’ experiences as university faculty, the book explores ways AI can support teaching, student engagement, course design, and learning while maintaining the important role of faculty judgment and interaction.
Books Featuring Contributions by Dr. Rick Stripling
Academic Coaching in Modern Online Education
Academic Coaching in Modern Online Education explores the growing role of academic coaching in online learning and the strategies that can support student engagement, persistence, and success. Dr. Stripling contributed to this edited volume, bringing his experience in higher education leadership and online graduate education to the discussion of supporting students in modern learning environments.
Accountability in Higher Education: Navigating Current Issues and Trends
Accountability in Higher Education: Navigating Current Issues and Trends examines the growing expectations for accountability across colleges and universities. Dr. Stripling contributed a chapter addressing funding trends in higher education and their significant impact on institutional accountability, drawing on his extensive experience in higher education administration and leadership.
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Books in Development
Beyond the Title: Building a Leadership Legacy in Higher Education
Beyond the Title explores what leadership means after the position, office, and title are gone. Drawing on more than four decades in higher education, Dr. Stripling examines leadership identity, influence, relationships, professional reputation, and the lasting legacy leaders create through the people and institutions they serve.
Building Your Personal Brand in Higher Education
Building Your Personal Brand in Higher Education provides practical guidance for professionals who want to be intentional about how they are known, valued, and remembered within higher education. Dr. Stripling explores how reputation, relationships, visibility, professional identity, and influence can help individuals create opportunities, advance their careers, and make a greater impact.
Two Clocks: Leadership Lessons from Both Sides of the University
Two Clocks explores the distinct cultures of the academic and administrative sides of a university. Drawing on Dr. Stripling’s experience as both a longtime senior administrator and faculty member, the book examines why administrators often emphasize action and timely decisions while academics place greater value on process, consultation, and shared decision-making—and how effective leaders can learn to work successfully within both worlds.
The Leaders We Leave Behind: Mentoring the Next Generation of Leaders
The Leaders We Leave Behind explores the idea that a leader’s greatest legacy may not be the titles held, programs created, or accomplishments achieved, but the people who became better leaders because someone invested in them. Drawing on more than four decades of leadership, teaching, and mentoring, Dr. Stripling will combine personal experiences with reflections from former employees, students, and others he has mentored to examine how encouragement, opportunity, honest feedback, trust, and sponsorship can shape the next generation of leaders.