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Cut the BULL at work!

Results: 62% state they have been bullied in college administration. This is 58% higher than corporate rate. Help get the word out.

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Cut the BULL at work!

Cut the BULL at work!

Cut the BULL at work!

Cut the BULL at work!

Cut the BULL at work!

Results: 62% state they have been bullied in college administration. This is 58% higher than corporate rate. Help get the word out.

Results: 62% state they have been bullied in college administration. This is 58% higher than corporate rate. Help get the word out.

Results: 62% state they have been bullied in college administration. This is 58% higher than corporate rate. Help get the word out.

Results: 62% state they have been bullied in college administration. This is 58% higher than corporate rate. Help get the word out.

Leah Hollis
Leah Hollis
Leah Hollis
Leah Hollis
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Philadelphia, United States
$755 USD 12 backers
26% of $2,900 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

 Help  STOP! Workplace bullying in Higher Education

A recent study conducted by Leah Hollis reveals that 62% in higher education administration  have been bullied on the job. This is 58% higher than corporate rate. Help get the word out.

Tuition costs are soaring!  Students are taking on incredible debt to attend college!  This research and subsequent book identifies the costly trend of workplace bullying in higher education and how to solve the problem.  The millions of dollars saved by creating a healthy workplace in higher education, can reduce the costly turnover and employee disengagement.  These costs which are eventually  passed on to students, can be recouped to create needed supports for students struggling through college.

Because of the cost to higher education, and the damaging effects bullying has on the professional staff,I decided to look into this issue after my first book. Several people approached me about how they were mistreated on the job.  Regardless of age, race or gender, people are finding the workplace to be an unsafe place.  I am a 20+ year veteran of college administration and compelled by this issue.  Also,  I enjoy writing and research and decided to investigate this topic on workplace bullying in American higher education.

It's time to shine a light on this issue in higher education.

BULLY IN THE IVORY TOWER is original research  with findings that 62% of higher education administrators endure workplace bullying.  This is 58% higher than the corporate rate.  Workplace bullying in higher education disproportionately affects women, people of color and the LBGT community.  Further, this behavior costs higher education billions of dollars in turnover and employee disengagement. 

I was very sad to find this out as a 20 year veteran of higher education administration. I grew up playing on a college campus and my family has always been in education.  College is supposed to be an enlightened place, not a place where people dread reporting to work.

Targets of bullying spend 4 hours a week avoiding a bully.
 
Targets of bullying spend 4 hours a week avoiding a bully. This is costing colleges and universities millions of dollars in disenegaged staff hours.  Bullying behaviors ruin careers and create health problems for the target.

This book not only lists the findings and extent of workplace bullying in higher education, it offers critical solutions for employees and leadership. Help get the word out. help kick the bully out of the Ivory Tower.

 

Summary Funding: $2900

Editor $750

Layout: $1000

Cover: $750

Self Publishing fees : $400

 

Your funding will help spread the word about this critical issue.  Thank you!

 

About the author:

Leah P. Hollis is a noted educator, researcher, and lecturer. She has an exemplary career in higher education administration where she has held senior leadership and faculty posts. Dr. Hollis has taught at Northeastern University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Rutgers University. Her work has led her to research this topic on women’s experiences in leadership positions. Dr. Hollis received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and her Master of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

 

She received her Doctorate of Education in Administration, Training and Policy Studies from Boston University, as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow. Also, Dr. Hollis continued her professional training at Harvard University through the Graduate School of Education, Higher Education Management Development Program. She also earned certification in Project Management and Executive Leadership at Stanford University and Cornell University respectively. Further, she has earned certifications in EEO Law/Affirmative Action and Conflict Resolution and Investigation from the American Association for Affirmative Action. Dr. Hollis has served as a diversity trainer for Northeastern University and she speaks regionally and nationally on such topics as race, gender, ethnicity, equality and access. Her first book, Unequal Opportunity: Fired without cause, Filing with the EEOC, based on the qualitative interviews of women who endured workplace discrimination, was published in 2010. For more information on Dr. Hollis and her consulting group, Patricia Berkly LLC,www.diversitytrainingconsultants.com

 

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Thanks! Every dollar counts to help stop a bully. Get the word out about workplace bullying and strategies to stop it.
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$20 USD
Free updates on workplace bullying, harassment and discrimination. Listing on the sponsor page of the book and website.
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With a minimum of $25.00 pledge, each sponsor will receive: 1). eBook copy of BULLY IN THE IVORY TOWER, 2) listing on the sponsor page of the book and on the website. A backer may opt to remain anonymous.
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With a minimum of $35.00 pledge, each sponsor will receive: 1). an autographed copy of BULLY IN THE IVORY TOWER, 2). a listing on the sponsor page of the book and website. A backer may opt to remain anonymous. International backers, please add $17 for international shipping.
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$50 USD
With a minimum of $50.00 pledge, each sponsor will receive: 1). an autographed copy of BULLY IN THE IVORY TOWER, 2). a STOP WORKPLACE BULLYING tote bag, 3) listing on the sponsor page of the book and website. A backer may opt to remain anonymous. International backers, please add $20 for international shipping.
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With a minimum of $90.00 pledge, each sponsor will receive: The Healthy Workplace Suite: 1). an autographed copy of BULLY IN THE IVORY TOWER, 2) a STOP WORKPLACE BULLYING tote bag, 3) Autographed copy of UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITY. Author's first book addressing workplace discrimination 4) listing on the sponsor page of the book and website. A backer may opt to remain anonymous. International backers, please add $20 for international shipping.
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