Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education

Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education: A Transformative Force provides practical guidance on how Appreciative Inquiry, long known as a valuable approach and process for change management and group development, can be applied in higher education and make an impact on the next generation of positive change makers. Designed as both a thought-provoking and a practical resource, this book reveals why it is such a vital process and shows what it takes to apply it to such tasks as planning, summits, developing collaborative teams and groups, and teaching and learning. The book gives practitioners the theoretical concepts to ground their work and links it to the positive psychology and strengths work that has influenced educational approaches in the first decade of the 21st century. (Review is from the Jossey Bass – Department Chair Leadership Institute)