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Isaac, Jonathan S. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation analyzes how rhetorics of graduate labor clash with and condition rhetorical activity concerning university decision-making. I examine the rhetorical tactics by which graduate worker-organizers promote an explicit worker identity that invests graduate workers with agency in decision-making over their working conditions; I also…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Employment, Institutional Administration, Decision Making
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Frederickson, H. George – Planning for Higher Education, 1978
Some of the internal effects of external conditions in higher education are examined in this essay. Four false correlates are identified: inherent merit and rational decisions; growth and change; relativity and responsiveness; and tough decisions and participation. (LBH)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Higher Education
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Mortimer, Kenneth P.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1976
Patterns of decision making were described at six institutions in one study and perceived legitimacy of governance on the part of faculty was assessed on the same campuses. Discussion of findings explores effects of decision issue, institution, and type of institution on each pattern and on relationships between governance patterns and perceived…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Decision Making, Governance
Shirley, Robert C. – 1978
A decision-focused paradigm is presented to guide the development of a comprehensive institutional plan. The primary emphasis is the identification of strategic decisions to be resolved by individual institutions and the key determinants of those decisions. Based on the paradigm, a more active role for institutional research is suggested in order…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, College Administration, College Planning, Comparative Analysis
Losak, John; Scigliano, John – 1994
This paper provides a framework for an institutional self study integrating total quality management (TQM) and institutional effectiveness (IE) models within the context of standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It highlights the common dimensions in general management principles between TQM and IE and the strategies for…
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Higher Education, Institutional Administration
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Swenk, Jean M. – 1998
This study attempted to determine whether strategic planning would enhance a higher education institution's fiscal condition. It also systematically evaluated the extent of institution-wide strategic planning among private four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States. A definition of strategic planning and a conceptual framework based…
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Krotseng, Marsha V. – 1997
This study sought to determine which sources of information were most often used by the West Virginia public higher education governing board, and to assess the sources' usefulness in examining major higher education policy issues. Data were based on a mailed survey that asked members of the Board of Directors of the West Virginia state college…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Decision Making, Governing Boards