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

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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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Preface

Chapter 1: A Delicate Balance: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues

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Chapter 2: Hiring Issues

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Chapter 3: Compensation and Employment Issues

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Chapter 4: Promotion and Tenure Issues

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Chapter 5: Terminations, Nonrenewals, and Reductions in Force

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Chapter 6: Academic Freedom

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Chapter 7: Student Disputes on Academic Matters

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Chapter 8: Transcript and Degree Issues

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Appendix 1: Values Audit Process

Appendix 2: Aaup "Statement on Professional Ethics"

Appendix 3: Aaua "Mission Statement and Professional Standards"

Appendix 4: Aaup "Statement on Conflicts of Interest"

Appendix 5: Aaup "On Preventing Conflicts of Interest in Government-Sponsored Research at Universities"

Appendix 6: Aaup "1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, with 1970 Interpretive Comments"

Appendix 7: Aaup "Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings"

Appendix 8: Aaup "Academic Freedom and Artistic Expression"

Table of Cases

Selected Bibliography

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Managing Institutions of Higher Education into the 21st Century: Issues and Implications
by Ronald R. Sims, Serbrenia J. Sims. 214 pgs.

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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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Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of Education

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Preface

REFERENCE

I ADMINISTRATION AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

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1: The University President: Academic Leadership in an Era of Fund Raising and Legislative Affairs

2: The 21st Century University: The Role of Government

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3: Funding Reality within Higher Education: Can Universities Cope?

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4: Developing a Campus Climate for Diversity in the 21st Century

II ACADEMIC CONSIDERATIONS

5: Reflections on Curriculum Innovation in Higher Education: The New Weatherhead MBA Program

6: Student Assessment: A Proactive Response for the 21st Century

7: A Framework for Developing Market-Responsive Programs in Higher Education

8: Teaching as Learning: The Case for Community College Scholarship

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9: Maximizing Unit and Individual Performance through More Individualized Faculty Roles

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III SERVICE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

10: Evolving University Research Centers: Vehicles for Technology Transfer

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11: Comprehensive University Extension in the 21st Century

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12: Information Management by Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century

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A Game of Uncommon Skill: Leading the Modern College and University
by Gene A. Budig. 128 pgs.

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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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Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: U.S. Colleges and Universities Today: Simply the Best

Chapter 2: Students Not Fooled

Chapter 3: The Faculty Remains

Chapter 4: Trustees Are Human, Too

Chapter 5: Courting the “older Students”—the Alumni

Chapter 6: Some Ceos Fear the Media

Chapter 7: Need for Public Relations

Chapter 8: Judged by Their Appointees

Chapter 9: The Provost, First Among Equals

Chapter 10: Counselor Turned Bureaucrat

Chapter 11: Importance of the “numbers Person”

Chapter 12: The Aide, No Ego Required

Chapter 13: Speak Less, Offer More

Chapter 14: Role of the Support Staff

Chapter 15: Knowing the Locals

Chapter 16: The Presidential Search, Then and Now

Chapter 17: What Leaders Must Do

Chapter 18: One Step at a Time

Chapter 19: Institutional Governance

Chapter 20: President as Teacher

Chapter 21: President as Fund-Raiser

Chapter 22: Political Realities

Chapter 23: Working with Governors, Legislators

Chapter 24: The Spouse and Children

Chapter 25: An Agent for Social Change

Chapter 26: The Lost Weekend

Chapter 27: Learning Connection

Chapter 28: A Powerful Force, the Private Foundation

Chapter 29: Major League Baseball and Higher Education

Chapter 30: Parting Thoughts

Afterword: an Unanticipated Challenge

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Cost Containment for Higher Education: Strategies for Public Policy and Institutional Administration
by William Brand Simpson. 255 pgs.

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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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Introduction

1: Strategies of a Philosophical and Political Nature

2: Strategies of a Financial Nature

3: Educational Need as an Upper Bound

4: Strategies That Compare Costs and Benefits

5: Strategies Requiring General Acceptance

6: Improving Cost-Effectiveness on the Quality Side

7: Containing Total Cost Through Tuition Policy

8: Cost Containment Through Interinstitutional Arrangements

9: Containment of Capital Outlays

10: Containment of Campus Operating Costs

11: Cost Containment Through Faculty Personnel Policy

12: Governance and Administration as Factors in Cost Containment

13: Strategic Use of External Evaluation

14: The Elusive Academy

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Modern Practice, Pragmatism, Philosophy in Higher Education Administration: Knowledge Leadership of the Chief Academic Officer, in College Student Journal
by Joseph Martin Stevenson. 7 pgs.

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Leadership in Higher Education: A Handbook for Practicing Administrators
by Bob W. Miller, Robert W. Hotes, Jack D. Terry Jr. 588 pgs.

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This handbook provides administrators with assistance in planning, controlling, directing, organizing, staffing, and coordinating within their organization.

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Notes on the Contributors

1: Administrative Organization in Higher Education

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2: Theories of Administration

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3: The Administrator's Task in Goal Setting, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Decision Making

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4: Organizational Design and Management

5: Leadership in Implementing Organizational Design and Defining Administrative Roles

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6: Systems Planning in Higher Education Administration

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7: Personnelling in Higher Education Staffing, Recruiting, and Evaluating

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8: Personnel Management: Faculty and Staff Evaluation Process

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Appendix I: Student Evaluation Form

9: Faculty Unionism: the Campus Crisis

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10: Collective Bargaining: a Winner or a Loser for Educational Personnel?

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11: Women Administrators in Higher Education: Cooperation or Conflict?

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12: Motivational Theories Applied to Higher Education

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13: Techniques and Strategies for Program Development and Evaluation

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Appendix 2: Delaware County Council for Higher Education Business Industry Survey

Appendix 3: Delaware County Public Schools Community College Survey Questionnaire

14: A Systems Model for Program Development and Evaluation

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15: External Groups, Communication, and Public Information

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16: Public Relations: a Critical Administrative Function

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17: Historical Aspects, Present Status, and Future Concepts for Student Services and Student Development

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18: Student Development Administrative Concerns and Application Modes

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19: Student Development Administration: the Leadership Task in Making the Process Work

20: The Finance Support Program

Appendix 4: Definitions of the Elements of Institutional Costs

21: What Administrators Ought to Know about the Instructional Program

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22: Protecting the Right to Learn: Selected Legal Problems Controlling the Quality of the Learning Environment

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23: Managing Affirmative Action in Higher Education Administration

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24: Voluntary Cooperation in Post-Secondary Education: the Promise for the Future

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Appendix 5: Selected Bibliography on Consortia

25: Learning Resources in Higher Education

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26: National Organizations and Higher Education Administration

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Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Editors
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Curricular Landscapes, Democratic Vistas: Transformative Leadership in Higher Education
by William G. Tierney. 188 pgs.

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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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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

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Preface

Introduction

I: A Conceptual Map of the Terrain

1: The Curricular Landscape in Higher Education

2: Interpreting the Terrain

II: Words

3: Cartographies: The Institutional Mission

4: Institutional Topography: The Curriculum

III: Voices

5: The Languages of Faculty Cultures

6: Trail Guides: Academic Administrators

IV: Transformative Leadership

7: Summing Up: Culture and the Curriculum

8: Transformative Leadership and the Democratic Imperative

Appendix: Design of the Study

References

Index

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Can Teaching Be Saved?, in International Journal of Public Administration
by Stephen J. Cimbala. 17 pgs.

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Policy Controversies in Higher Education
by Samuel K. Gove, Thomas M. Stauffer. 274 pgs.

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Introduction

Part I: Politics and Higher Education

1: Politics and Policy in Higher Education: Reflectionsw on the Status of the Field

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2: Politics and Higher Education: the Strategy of State-Level Coordination and Policy Implementation

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3: Regionalism and Institutional Proximity in Statewide Planning: Coordination Concepts and Principles to Counter Chaos

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4: Resource Allocation Policies for the Eighties

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Part II: Accountability and Equal Opportunity

5: Government Responsibility for Quality and Equality in Higher Education

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6: Higher Education's Evaluation Politics

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7: Accreditation: Issues for the Eighties

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8: The Influence of Accreditation on the Development of Traditionally Black Colleges in the Middle States Region

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9: The Fall and Demise of Affirmative Action

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10: Women in Higher Education Administration: Prospects and Institutional Policy Response in the 1980s

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Part III: Higher Education and Societal Needs

11: The Service Function of Higher Education Institutions: a New York Case Study

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12: U.S. Science Manpower and R & D Capacity: New Problems on the Horizon

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Part IV: The International Perspective

13: "The Hot and Cold Wind of Politics": Planning Higher Education in Africa

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14: Policy Controversies in Higher Education Finance: Comparative Perspectives on the U.S. Private Public Debate

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Bibliographical Essay

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Failing the Future: A Dean Looks at Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century
by Annette Kolodny. 316 pgs.

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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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A Personal Preface: Reflections on Five Years in a Dean's Office

1: Facing the Future: An Introduction

2: 60 Minutes" at the University of Arizona: The Polemic Against Tenure"

3: Raising Standards While Lowering Anxieties: Rethinking the Promotion and Tenure Process

4: Paying the Price of Antifeminist Intellectual Harassment

5: Creating the Family-Friendly Campus

6: Teaching and Learning in a World of Cognitive Diversity

7: Setting an Agenda for Change

8: Failing the Future; Or, How to Commit National Suicide at the End of the Twentieth Century

A Closing Refrain: Reflections at a Graduation

Appendix I. University of Arizona College of Humanities Promotion and Tenure Procedures

Appendix 2. Summary Checklist of Selected Family-Friendly Initiatives and Programs

Works Cited

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Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium
by Joseph Losco, Brian L. Fife. 231 pgs.

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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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Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1: The American College Student: Three Decades of Change

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2: The Changing Role of Faculty

3: Higher Education Spending: Assessing Policy Priorities

APPENDIX A: Variable Descriptions

APPENDIX B: Carnegie Foundation Classification Codes

APPENDIX C: Carnegie Foundation Classification Codes

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4: The Higher Education Policy Arena: The Rise and Fall of a Community

5: Past and Future Pressures and Issues of Higher Education: State Perspectives

6: The Professionalization of College Sports

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7: Administering the Modern University

8: Desegregation and Diversity in Higher Education

9: Technology in Higher Education: Issues for the New Millennium

APPENDIX: Technology in Higher Education: Informal Satisfaction Survey

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Achieving Performance Excellence in University Administration: A Team Approach to Organizational Change and Employee Development
by Manuel London. 276 pgs.

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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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Preface

Part I: An Introduction to University Transition

1: Directions for Change

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2: Leadership Roles in A Changing Environment: The Roles of President and Deputy to the President

3: The Human Resource Function as Change Agent

Part II: Setting the Course

4: Planning and Goal-Setting Processes

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5: Strategic Mechanisms: Financial, Enrollment, and Capital Facilities Planning Processes

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Part III: Achieving Performance Excellence: Interventions For Change

6: Promoting Organization Effectiveness: Performance Management, Internal Audit, and the Administrative Review Process

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7: Assessing Service Quality

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Part IV: Strategies for Organization Development

8: Building Teams

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9: Human Resource Development

10: Performance Appraisal and Survey Feedback

11: Managing Problem Employees

12: Conclusion: Developing A Culture of Continuous Learning and Improvement

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Assessment in Higher Education: Issues of Access, Quality, Student Development, and Public Policy
by Samuel J. Messick. 292 pgs.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Preface

Bibliography

Part I: Prelude

1: The Changing Face of Higher Education Assessment

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Part II: Enhancing Student Access and Success in Higher Education

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2: Personal Qualities and Human Development in Higher Education: Assessment in the Service of Educational Goals

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3: Assessment to Improve College Instruction

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4: Assessing and Credentialing Learning from Prior Experience

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5: Commentary: Feedback and Reflection in Facilitating Further Learning

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6: Commentary: Characteristics of Assessment in Support of Student Access and Success

Part III: Expanding Admissions Testing

7: Implications of Standard-Based Reform for Admissions Testing

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8: From 2 to 3 Rs: The Expanding Use of Writing in Admissions

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9: A Theory-Based Framework for Future College Admissions Tests

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10: Commentary: Expanding the Breadth and Depth of Admissions Testing

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11: Commentary: Interpreting Scores in Context to Identify Student Potential

Part IV: Politics and Public Policy of Higher Education Assessment

12: Assessment of Higher Education Quality: Promise and Politics

13: Assessment, Student Development, and Public Policy

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Part V: Issues of Equity and Fairness in Higher Education Assessment

14: Computer-Based Testing for Examinees with Disabilities: On the Road to Generalized Accommodation

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15: Directions in the Assessment of Linguistic Minorities

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16: Human Diversity and Equitable Assessment

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17: A Systemic View of Test Fairness

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Part VI: Prospects

18: Technology and the Future of Higher Education Assessment

References

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Subject Index
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A Practical Guide to Enrollment and Retention Management in Higher Education
by Marguerite J. Dennis. 160 pgs.

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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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Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: What is Enrollment Management?

2: Who is an Enrollment Manager?

3: The Future of Enrollment Management

4: The Role of Research in Enrollment Management

5: Marketing

6: Telecounseling: Pick Up the Phone

7: Publications

8: Advertising

9: The Role of Faculty in Enrollment and Retention Management

10: Financial Aid

11: Retention Management

12: Outcomes

13: Evaluation

14: Success and Failure

15: Change: Our Constant Companion

16: Conclusion

Appendix: Lists and Reports

Bibliography

Index

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Assessing What Professors Do: An Introduction to Academic Performance Appraisal in Higher Education
by David A. Dilts, Lawrence J. Haber, Donna Bialik. 204 pgs.

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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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Preface

Part I: Ethics and the Performance Appraisal System

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Faculty Performance Appraisal

Chapter 2: The Criteria for Faculty Performance Appraisal

Chapter 3: Ethics and Evidence in Academic Performance Appraisal

Part II: Performance Appraisal Criteria

Chapter 4: Assessing What Professors Do: Citizenship, Research, Service and Teaching

Chapter 5: The Evaluation of Teaching in Universities

Chapter 6: The Evaluation of Research

Chapter 7: The Evaluation of Service and Citizenship

Part III: External Influence on Appraisal

Chapter 8: The Law and Performance Appraisal

Chapter 9: Collective Bargaining and Faculty Evaluation

Chapter 10: Epilogue: Rewards and Results

Appendix: Selected Excerpts from Aaup Policy Documents and Reports

Professional Ethics

Selected, Annotated Bibliography

Index

About the Authors
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Shifting Realities in Higher Education: Today's Business Model Threatens Our Academic Excellence, in International Journal of Public Administration
by Peter M. Carlson, Mark S. Fleisher. 15 pgs.

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