Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
| Books | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Students | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textPennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Center for the Study of Higher Education. – 1974
This document presents seven articles concerned with governance. Topics include: governance and institutional values; roles and structures for participation in higher education governance; changing governance patterns and the faculty; governance in higher education: authority and conflict in the seventies; collective bargaining; implications for…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, College Role, Educational Finance
Parekh, Satish B. – 1977
A model for long-range institutional planning is presented that is based on the integration of institutional elements and functions: overall mission, quantitative goals, responsibilities, activities, and resources. A comprehensive model must also include evaluation and organization in the planning process. Each of the institutional functions and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Reddick, DeWitt – 1979
The transformation of an entire institution is documented. Austin College in Austin, Texas underwent a total institutional renewal program during the 1970s that included new approaches to curriculum and innovations in programs for the entering student, faculty development, governance and operational systems and constituency relations. Each of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Cochran, Leslie H. – 1992
This book proposes a plan for higher education reform that rejects the "publish or perish" controversy and stresses strong leadership that elevates the importance of teaching excellence. Chapters 1 and 2, "Agendas," look at the agenda for change and suggest some of the constraints in value conflicts and teacher evaluation. Chapters 3 and 4,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Educational Change
Lewis, Lionel S. – 1993
During the Cold War era, when many institutions of higher learning sacrificed faculty in the face of political pressure, the Owen Lattimore case represents a situation where university administrators stood firm. This book explores what happened when pressure was put on Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) to punish a faculty member who expressed…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, College Faculty, Due Process
Honigman, Robert D. – 1997
This book views the modern university as a dichotomous institution. On the one hand, it is a distinguished and noble institution, dedicated to preserving and advancing civilization; on the other, it is amoral, hungering for power, and exploitative of the weak and powerless, with faculty and administrators caught in the conflict between the goals…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, College Faculty, College Housing
