Emerald Handbook of Wellbeing in Higher Education

Keith D. Walker is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Keith is currently a Provincial Cabinet appointed member of the Saskatchewan Higher Education Quality Assurance Board.Benjamin Kutsyuruba is a Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy, and School Law in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Benjamin has worked as a teacher, researcher, manager, and professor in the field of education in Ukraine and Canada.

• Foreword; Kabini Sanga Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards Wellbeing in Higher Education Institutions; Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith D. Walker Section One: Student Wellbeing Focus Chapter 2. Resilience, Wellbeing, and Authentic Leadership in Student Transition to University; Jodi Basch Chapter 3. Thriving in First-Year Higher Education Settings; Amy Lean MacArthur Chapter 4. Supporting Student Wellbeing During Graduate Internships; Carlie Pagens and Margaret Clarke Chapter 5. Enhancing the Wellbeing of Academic Staff, Educational Leaders, and Students through Co-constructing Learning: A Maltese Experience; Christopher Bezzina Chapter 6. Mutual Commitments and Wellbeing in Doctoral Faculty Advisor-Student Relationships; Smart Chukwu Chapter 7. Student Thriving and Supervisory Relationships: Making or Breaking Graduate School; Heather A. Coe-Nesbitt and Eleftherios K. SoleasChapter 8. Savoring Good Times: How Do Canadian Doctoral Students Maintain Their Wellbeing?; Maha Al Makhamreh Chapter 9. Harnessing the Pacific Power of Appreciative Mentoring Relationships in Tertiary Education, Aotearoa New Zealand; Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga Section Two: Faculty and Leader Wellbeing Focus Chapter 10. The ABCs of Faculty Wellbeing Dana L. Mitra Chapter 11. Exploring Wellbeing Strategies Among Saudi Female Leaders in Higher Education; Laila Albughayl Chapter 12. Reciprocal Wellbeing in Higher Education; Richard Nyarko and Keith D. Walker Chapter 13. Six Middle Leaders Speak to Wellbeing Initiatives in Two Jamaican Teacher Training Colleges; Ann-Marie Wilmot Chapter 14. Success and Flourishing of Academic Leaders in Higher Education Settings; Shannon Hill and Benjamin Kutsyuruba Chapter 15. Higher Education Leadership and Personal Wellbeing; Megan Crawford Chapter 16. Advancing Wellbeing in Higher Education through Instructional Leadership; Haim Shaked Section Three: Institution and System-Level Wellbeing Focus Chapter 17. A Tertiary Institution’s Approach to Strategic Planning and Implementations for Faculty Wellbeing; Ardene Virtue Chapter 18. Promoting Wellbeing in A Large Public University: The Case of The Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna; Mario Pontieri and Angelo Paletta Chapter 19. Māori Leadership, Māori Youth, and The Academy Space: Developing A Wellbeing Agenda; Adreanne Ormond And Martyn ReynoldsChapter 20. Promoting Wellbeing in Higher Education: Capability, Capacity, and Sustainability for Educational Leaders’ Flourishing; Darcia RoacheChapter 21. Leadership as Hosting in Higher Education: Competencies that Enhance Stakeholders' Wellbeing; Wilfred Beckford, Keith D. Walker, and Kameka Spence Chapter 22. Fostering International Student Transitions and Wellbeing; Smart Chukwu Chapter 23. Supporting Wellbeing with the Okanagan Charter: A Health Promotions Framework; Vicki Squires Conclusions Chapter 24. Keeping the Momentum for Wellbeing in Higher Education Through Moral Imagination: Concluding Thoughts; Keith D. Walker and Benjamin Kutsyuruba

It is hard to imagine a timelier contribution for leaders in higher education: evidence suggests that campuses are less vital, students are increasingly seeking mental health services, and performance pressures are increasing. This handbook offers promising approaches to revitalizing the human side of higher education and, by drawing from many countries and perspectives, provides a base for thoughtful discussions in the varied contexts that serve the tertiary education sector.