Transformational Leadership Characteristics Necessary For Todays Leaders In Higher Education
This study is concerned with the traits and characteristics of presidents of institutions of higher education who are considered transformational leaders.The study adds current data to the published and perceived characterization of leaders in higher education and their approaches to changing the learning environment at their institutions.This study addresses the significance and current widespread appeal of transformational leadership and its practical application to higher education; but equally important, it profiles the group and individual qualities that are necessary for individuals to have, as their acumen, in order to introduce a climate of change utilizing transformational leadership.
The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of human ::: enhancement, its methods and its relation to personal identity. ::: Also several approaches to personal identity will be described. ::: Transhumanism is a special think tank supporting human ::: enhancement through modern technologies and some of its ::: representatives claim, that even great changes to human ::: organisms will not affect their personal identity. I will ::: briefly describe the most important means of human enhancement ::: and consider the problem of personal identity for each of them ::: separately.