Editorial Note: September Issue
Abbas Abbaspour ^*, Ali Khorsandi Taskoh
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"The Curtain Was Pulled Back:" Building Leadership Capacity in Higher Education
Wesley Dixon, Claire Swedberg, Ava Chen, Mariam Eshetu, Elizabeth H. Bradley ^*
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Governing Generative AI in Higher Education: Policy Archetypes, Cross-Regional Patterns, and an Adaptive Governance Framework
Akram Hosseini ^*, Elahe Khademzadeh
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Simulating Digital Equity and Quality Gaps Associated with Digital Transformation in Higher Education
Sandra Patricia Barragán Moreno ^*, Nayibe Castro Novoa
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Rural Women's Leadership: Approaches, Enabling Factors and Challenges for Its Recognition and Strengthening
Diana Carolina Ríos-Echeverri, Alejandro Valencia-Arias, Ada Gallegos ^*, Jackeline Valencia, Sebastián Cardona-Acevedo
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Student Onboarding as a Strategic Tool for Student Success: A Comparative Study of Germany and the United States
Andrea Honal ^*, Alexander Scholl, Dietrich von Biedenfeld, Alexis von Biedenfeld
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Another Brick in the Wall: Credential Recognition, Occupational Closure, and the Persistence of Brain Waste
Amy Tucker ^*
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Land-Grant Universities, University Cooperative Extension, and the 4-H Youth Development Program: Providing Leadership Development Opportunities to Youth in the United States
J. "Clay" Hurdle ^*
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Beyond Advisory Governance: A Three-Layer Model for Agentic AI in Universities
Amin Safaei ^*, Mahshid Safaei
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International Leadership: Personal Reflections on Higher Education -- Interview with Prof. Jun Li
Jun Li ^*
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Book Review -- No Confidence: When Faculty Turn Against Their Presidents
Hilary Houlette ^*
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