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Kettinger, William J. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
The trend toward decentralization of academic computing is described. Causes for the trend are examined and the best approaches to management and support of computing activities in this environment are explored. The future roles of the central computing center, departments or discipline areas, and individual users are outlined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Decentralization, Departments
Defense Conversion and Brokering Partnerships: A New Role for the University Research Administrator.
Peer reviewedStreeter, Richard B. – Research Management Review, 1995
Discussion of the changes in the university research administrator's role resulting from changes in university research funding patterns looks at how and why universities enter into research with industry, federal funding and defense conversion funding, and the experience of the University of South Florida with this process. The research…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Economic Change, Educational Trends, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedYedidia, Michael J. – Academic Medicine, 1998
A survey of 22 current and former medical school deans identified two forces in the health care environment that have had a profound impact on their role as deans and which frequently posed conflicts between clinical and educational enterprises: decline in resources available to medical schools following an era of abundance, and unprecedented…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, College Administration
Russo, Joseph A. – College Board Review, 1995
The changing role of the college financial aid administrator is examined, and contributing factors are discussed, including shifts in public perceptions of the aid officer's function, public lack of understanding of the financial aid process, technological advancement, economic change, the federal government's evolving influence, and changes in…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, College Administration
Download full textHerrmann, Janet C. Lukomski; Herrmann, Siegfried E. – 1996
Fund-raising by public colleges and universities has been important in their founding and operation throughout U.S. history. At first, fund-raising was the responsibility of the president, and later also of trustees and regents. The term "development" came into use in the 1920s, when private donations were solicited to supplement public funding.…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Donors
Daigneau, William A. – Facilities Manager, 1997
Reports on a conference of college facility managers at which facilities professionals identified forces affecting the profession's future in five areas (information technology, resource scarcity, societal changes, government role in education, environmental deterioration) and six important roles for the manager (operational efficiency expert,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Campus Planning, College Planning
