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Johnson, Raymond N.; Wamser, Carl C. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1997
Argues that any college or university policy change that enlarges rather than restricts faculty roles must address five aspects of scholarship that interact with each other: scholarly activities; expressions of scholarship; motivations for scholarship; and quality and significance of scholarship. Offers a comprehensive model of scholarship and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Organizational Change
Ostar, Allan W. – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1991
Explains how course and program articulation between community, technical, and junior colleges and state universities is an outgrowth of a commitment from both to provide quality education at a reasonable cost. (PCE)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Higher Education
Thrash, Patricia A. – North Central Association Quarterly, 1992
Discusses the purposes of institutional accreditation, forms of affiliation with the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, general institutional requirements, criteria for accreditation, candidate for accreditation status, accreditation and institutional improvement, services of the commission, and varieties…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Colleges, Postsecondary Education
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Dickson, David – Science, 1987
Examines the effects of changes and diminishments in financial support and the future of university-based research in Britain. Assesses schemes for finding university research and discusses concerns dealing with selectivity, university collaboration, and the vertical stratification of universities for scientific research. (ML)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Federal Aid, Financial Problems, Financial Support
Hubbard, Eleanor, Ed. – 1998
This monograph was created to help colleges and universities throughout the West strengthen their commitment to diversity. Twenty colleges and universities in four states--Idaho, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Oregon--participated in the Institute for Ethnic Diversity, with each campus, from large state research institutions to small community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Diversity (Institutional), Governance, Higher Education
Behm, Robert J. – 1983
Currently community colleges and universities are facing their greatest economic challenges and greatest opportunity for cooperation. The extent of community college involvement in cooperative ventures was reflected in a 1980 nationwide survey conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges which found 10,000 cooperative…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Rosenberg, Vivian M. – Journal of General Education, 1984
Shares the experiences of a History of Ideas instructor in teaching freshman writing classes. Discusses personal perceptions of writing instructors held prior to teaching Freshman Comp, the new composition paradigm employed, reading and writing assignments, and the potential and limitations of Freshman Comp for improving writing. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Universities
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White, Virginia P. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1991
This reprinted 1970 article examines the role of the university research administrator and finds that the role involves paradoxes between controller and entrepreneur, master and slave, censor and publicist, and traditionalist and innovator. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Higher Education, Research Administration
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Cramer, Sharon – CUPA Journal, 1991
The Ethics Forum at Buffalo State College (New York), a program in which new ideas for addressing long-standing problems are fostered among faculty and staff, is described in the framework of a situational leadership model. The model allows analysis of the groups's highly directed, coaching, supporting, and autonomous activities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Ethics, Higher Education, Leadership Qualities, Organizational Communication
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Paldy, Lester G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1986
Argues that science research support at the undergraduate level should be increased and integrated with instructional programs. Urges the National Science Foundation to create a management plan for undergraduate education that would support such an effort. Identifies potential problems associated with only funding research in graduate…
Descriptors: College Science, Financial Support, Higher Education, Public Support
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Hammons, James O. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1992
Explains the impossibility of community colleges acquiring stature based on nearby four-year institutions' perceptions of them. Describes characteristics that contribute to excellence in community colleges (e.g, clarity about purposes, and action plans tied to purposes, goals, and short-term objectives). Offers a rationale for focusing on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Institutional Advancement, Organizational Objectives
Thrash, Patricia A. – North Central Association Quarterly, 1991
Discusses the purposes of institutional accreditation, forms of affiliation with the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, general institutional requirements, criteria for accreditation, candidate for accreditation status, accreditation and institutional improvement, services of the commission, and varieties…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Colleges, Evaluation Criteria
Garvin, David A. – 1980
The behavior of universities is considered from an economic perspective. It is assumed that both the administration and the faculty pursue goals consistent with their own self-interests. In addition to reviewing studies from other disciplines, the market in which institutions compete is described, and a formal model of the university as a…
Descriptors: College Administration, Departments, Doctoral Degrees, Economic Factors
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Woodsworth, Anne – Library Hi Tech, 1988
Describes the roles and responsibilities of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in research universities and presents five models of the position. Future trends and needs for management of converging information technologies are then discussed with attention to implications for libraries. Qualifications of the CIO and the future outlook of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Role
Gibson, David – Currents, 1995
This article profiles "Northeastern University Magazine," discussing how this alumni magazine has changed its focus over the last several years to appeal to a younger audience and to present stories that cover the institution and its graduates as subjects worthy of study in themselves. (MDM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Change Strategies
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