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Higher Education Administration: A Guide to Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues » Read Now
by Norma M. Goonen, Rachel S. Blechman. 231 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

In higher education, decisions are made against a complex and often conflicting backdrop of applicable law, ethical questions, and practical considerations. Goonen and Blechman assist academic administrators by providing an overview of the legal parameters, ethical questions, and practical...
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In higher education, decisions are made against a complex and often conflicting backdrop of applicable law, ethical questions, and practical considerations. Goonen and Blechman assist academic administrators by providing an overview of the legal parameters, ethical questions, and practical suggestions applicable to the most frequently encountered areas of academic decision making.
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Managing Institutions of Higher Education into the 21st Century: Issues and Implications » Read Now
by Ronald R. Sims, Serbrenia J. Sims. 214 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Rising costs, shrinking enrollments, more diverse student populations, the need for adaptive management, the trend toward evaluation and assessment of programs and students will require proactive responses by college and university administrators in the 1990s and into the 21st century. This book...
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Rising costs, shrinking enrollments, more diverse student populations, the need for adaptive management, the trend toward evaluation and assessment of programs and students will require proactive responses by college and university administrators in the 1990s and into the 21st century. This book provides analyses of the key issues that must be addressed. A key theme throughout is that administrators must view periods of financial stress as opportune times to eliminate outmoded facilities and equipment, reevaluate the roles of faculty and programs, and investigate service markets that may have been ignored in the past.
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A Game of Uncommon Skill: Leading the Modern College and University » Read Now
by Gene A. Budig. 128 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Grappling with the needs of trustees, students, parents, academic staff, and public policymakers, today's college and university presidents and chancellors face substantial--and risky--challenges. The author shares his insights with disarming clarity and candor. His broad experience elucidates the...
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Grappling with the needs of trustees, students, parents, academic staff, and public policymakers, today's college and university presidents and chancellors face substantial--and risky--challenges. The author shares his insights with disarming clarity and candor. His broad experience elucidates the "uncommon skills" required to survive, and prosper, in the little-taught and rarely understood profession of university leadership.
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Cost Containment for Higher Education: Strategies for Public Policy and Institutional Administration » Read Now
by William Brand Simpson. 255 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Simpson identifies strategies for cost containment or cost reduction in higher education and discusses these strategies in light of their effect on the quality of the learning experience, the future of the academic profession, and the implications for society. The emphasis is on the objectives to be...
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Simpson identifies strategies for cost containment or cost reduction in higher education and discusses these strategies in light of their effect on the quality of the learning experience, the future of the academic profession, and the implications for society. The emphasis is on the objectives to be served, rather than the resolution of financial difficulties on the revenue side or on crisis management. Some of the strategies discussed are applicable at particular levels of government; some relate to interinstitutional arrangements; and others are options for individual institutions.
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Modern Practice, Pragmatism, Philosophy in Higher Education Administration: Knowledge Leadership of the Chief Academic Officer, in College Student Journal » Read Now
by Joseph Martin Stevenson. 7 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Education, Entire Library

...PRAGMATISM, PHILOSOPHY IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION: KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP...section of the Chronicle of Higher Education promulgated the headline...as milestones in...
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Leadership in Higher Education: A Handbook for Practicing Administrators » Read Now
by Bob W. Miller, Robert W. Hotes, Jack D. Terry Jr. 588 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This handbook provides administrators with assistance in planning, controlling, directing, organizing, staffing, and coordinating within their organization.
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Curricular Landscapes, Democratic Vistas: Transformative Leadership in Higher Education » Read Now
by William G. Tierney. 188 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This book offers a different way of thinking about post-secondary curriculum by considering how institutional curricula can act as a critical agent for preparing students to participate in the democratic public sphere. Tierney demonstrates that the curriculum itself is a cultural product that...
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This book offers a different way of thinking about post-secondary curriculum by considering how institutional curricula can act as a critical agent for preparing students to participate in the democratic public sphere. Tierney demonstrates that the curriculum itself is a cultural product that institutions of higher education socially construct and that the manner in which the individual institution defines its curriculum commits it to certain philosophical and ideological choices. The result of a year's research that included over 250 interviews at seven colleges in universities throughout the U.S., the volume concludes with recommendations administrators and faculty may employ in the effort to advance democracy in their colleges and universities.
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Can Teaching Be Saved?, in International Journal of Public Administration » Read Now
by Stephen J. Cimbala. 17 pgs.

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...American higher education still has...boards and administrations of many institutions...ratings, and higher education in general...faculty and administration...
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Policy Controversies in Higher Education » Read Now
by Samuel K. Gove, Thomas M. Stauffer. 274 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...10. Women in Higher Education Administration: Prospects and...Research on Higher Education Administration and Policy: An...Report", Public Administration Review 35...
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Failing the Future: A Dean Looks at Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century » Read Now
by Annette Kolodny. 316 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Revealing and compelling, "Failing the Future" explores the present state of higher education in the United States, and offers a sobering view of what lies ahead.
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Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium » Read Now
by Joseph Losco, Brian L. Fife. 231 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This book explores the state of higher education at century's end and the challenges awaiting it in the next millennium. It assesses changes in the student population, the role of faculty, spending patterns, government support, the role of intercollegiate athletics, the nature of presidential...
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This book explores the state of higher education at century's end and the challenges awaiting it in the next millennium. It assesses changes in the student population, the role of faculty, spending patterns, government support, the role of intercollegiate athletics, the nature of presidential leadership, and the impact of technological change. This volume is a call to educators, parents, and taxpayers alike to enter into a dialogue about the future directions of higher education that they are willing to support.
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Achieving Performance Excellence in University Administration: A Team Approach to Organizational Change and Employee Development » Read Now
by Manuel London. 276 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Human resource strategies for organization development include team-building methods to improve communication and reduce interpersonal conflict among university administrators. London describes the formation of a team of top administrators who focus on how to resolve conflict, develop employees, and...
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Human resource strategies for organization development include team-building methods to improve communication and reduce interpersonal conflict among university administrators. London describes the formation of a team of top administrators who focus on how to resolve conflict, develop employees, and involve them in decision making. The book considers performance problems such as marginal performance and abusive managers. It describes methods for enhancing attention to employee development through appraisal and feedback. New techniques such as the "ratingless" appraisal and 360 degree feedback are covered. Overall, it shows how to maintain and enhance organizational vitality in an environment of tight resources and external pressures.
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Assessment in Higher Education: Issues of Access, Quality, Student Development, and Public Policy » Read Now
by Samuel J. Messick. 292 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...closest analogues for higher education are the findings...development, adoption, administration, and scoring of the...American Association for Higher Education AAHE in its...
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A Practical Guide to Enrollment and Retention Management in Higher Education » Read Now
by Marguerite J. Dennis. 160 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This book offers practical advice to higher education administrators on how to develop and implement effective and efficient enrollment and retention management programs. The book offers over 500 suggestions and is the first practical guide to combine both enrollment and retention management...
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This book offers practical advice to higher education administrators on how to develop and implement effective and efficient enrollment and retention management programs. The book offers over 500 suggestions and is the first practical guide to combine both enrollment and retention management. Dennis's book will challenge campus administrators to re-think how they conduct business on their compuses and why it is important to treat students as valued customers.
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Assessing What Professors Do: An Introduction to Academic Performance Appraisal in Higher Education » Read Now
by David A. Dilts, Lawrence J. Haber, Donna Bialik. 204 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This book is a basic treatment of faculty performance appraisal in higher education. It is written for those scholars faced with the need to understand the issues and solutions to the often thorny problems posed by having to judge the performance of their colleagues in teaching, service, research...
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This book is a basic treatment of faculty performance appraisal in higher education. It is written for those scholars faced with the need to understand the issues and solutions to the often thorny problems posed by having to judge the performance of their colleagues in teaching, service, research and citizenship. Neophyte administrators, committee members, and those facing evaluation are often perplexed by the range and depth of the questions concerning what constitutes an effective and reasonable performance appraisal system. This book provides answers to the most common of these questions and integrates current thinking from education literature with models of strategic management from business administration.
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Shifting Realities in Higher Education: Today's Business Model Threatens Our Academic Excellence, in International Journal of Public Administration » Read Now
by Peter M. Carlson, Mark S. Fleisher. 15 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Life is Optional for Students, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 20, 2001; http://chronicles. com/free/v47...at Liberal Arts Colleges. Forthcoming in Public...