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…

Higher education institutions continually face changes that affect their operations. There is an evident scarcity of studies that investigate the health, well-being, and trust of the members of the university community, particularly when confronting these changes. This correlational research aimed to determine the impact of the relationship…

In a new mixed economy of higher learning, Australian universities require more strategic management to compete and collaborate sustainably. However, many scholars argue that new modes of university management are at odds with scholarly aims and values. This article examines how Australian universities frame their missions and communicate their…

Using results from the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) administered at Central Connecticut State University, a public Carnegie master's-larger programs university in the Northeast, this study demonstrates time on spent on the test, student motivation, and to a lesser extent the local institutional administration procedures represent…

This study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of programs and services. The study is based on a survey on the use of student data by faculty and administrators at 41 community colleges participating in Achieving the Dream:…

This paper examines the characteristics and organizational issues associated with university-based research centers. The first section sketches general characteristics and functions of centers. The second section examines major issues concerning the organization of centers, including funding and sustainability, center autonomy, and relations with…

This paper draws on the results of an international survey of HE leaders and senior managers, which was supported by the OECD Programme on Institutional Management for Higher Education (IMHE) and the International Association of Universities (IAU). It focuses on how HEIs are responding to league tables and rankings (LTRS), and what impact or…

Looking at practices of university governments in three countries, the author discusses proposals for administrative and constitutional changes in universities. He makes recommendations to resolve the problems. (Author/MF)

This document traces the growth of the idea of a world university and its emergence from the decisionmaking labyrinth of the United Nations systems as the United Nations University. Challenges that lie ahead for this global institution in realizing genuine intellectual freedom, a meaningful relationship to existing universities, and a significant…

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)

This document outlines concepts of organization, operation, and administration for colleges and universities. Emphasis is placed on the enterprise, governance and administration, purposes, organization, operations, support services, management of resources and techniques of direction, and evaluation and accountability. (MJM)

This paper discusses the link between teaching and research, with emphasis on how best to manage core business of a higher education institution. The author argues that institutions should seek to integrate these core strategies, and agrees that 'universities need to set as a mission goal the improvement of the nexus between research and teaching'…

The study sought to design a strategic planning model to be utilized in the Student Development Department at Winnipeg Bible College in Otterbourne, Manitoba. The objective of the project was to assimilate all processes of departmental planning into one comprehensive, systematic construct. Procedures involved: the collection and categorization of…

The administrative structure, organization of the faculty, and the student government at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania) are explored in this monograph, which is the first of five studies written around the theme, "meeting the changing needs of students." Since its inception in 1964, the college has attempted to develop…