McClure, Kevin. The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace after the Great Resignation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.
In The Caring University, Kevin R. McClure describes six organizational changes to create a university dedicated to creating working conditions and cultures in which all employees can flourish. At the heart of the caring university is the premise that all employees have talent, all employees should be treated as whole people, and all employees deserve to be cared for as essential contributors to organizational success. McClure’s proposed changes draw on wisdom of organizational change theories, decades of scholarship in higher education and social science, as well as site visits to institutions where he conducted more than 100 original interviews with staff, faculty members, and administrators. The book brings together several strands of inquiry and conversations in practice that have typically been discussed separately—such as burnout, caregiving, and leadership—and weaves them into a cohesive narrative that addresses all employees in higher education. This book reimagines the higher education workplace as a site where all employees can thrive.