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Turnaround Leadership explores the culture of leadership and change in the education sector, and its effect on students and teachers alike; especially focusing on the technology-driven generation.

S. Cox’s 1995 definition of “turnaround leadership” mentions “confronting, reconciling and fulfilling disparate aspirations through unifying experiences and win-win scenarios; and doing this against clear, explicit, and widely-shared criteria on what constitutes a civil society”.

According to authors Fullan and Scott, the concept is also applicable to educational institutions. The book identifies problems in the classrooms, explains the “correct” state, offers solutions and strategies to achieve change.

The primary focus is on how universities should put the teaching-learning process above everything else. Authors argue that: “...the importance of the new centrality of teaching and learning is that it will engage students in productive learning, retain them to degree completion, and result in better graduates.” While the book largely talks about the American system, its solutions may be relevant to the Indian scenario, as well.