Describes implementation of Responsibility Center Management in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University (Indianapolis) to achieve higher academic and research goals and what the institution as a whole has learned about the approach. Argues that this form of decentralized management is a partial antidote to the outmoded,…

A Brown University (Rhode Island) case study illustrates how colleges and universities can view Title IX, which mandates gender equity in intercollegiate athletics, not as a threat but as a means for providing opportunities to advance women student athletes; debate the meaning of equal opportunity; encourage presidents and boards to greater…