Given the number of times schools recruit deans who have short lives as administrators, it seems reasonable to ask if there is something wrong with the usual selection and recruitment process. The authors feel that there is something wrong with this process and after meeting with some deans, they were given some clues about the nature of the…

Over the past decade, deliberate efforts to "market" colleges and universities to specific audiences have gone from being a marginal--and somewhat suspect--activity in higher education to becoming a strategic imperative. Heightened competition for top students, increasing bottom-line pressures due to tuition discounting and comparative "shopping"…

Forty young leaders in higher education are profiled, including college and university administrators, faculty, policy analysts, consultants, and an evangelical leader. All were surveyed concerning leadership and the future of higher education, the role of mentors in their careers, and ways in which they are learning to lead. Several patterns are…

Surveys and interviews identified individuals who have achieved national recognition for college and university leadership and individuals from outside higher education who have had particularly strong influence on it. Profiles of former group (n=21) include deans, presidents, and heads of associations, foundations, and policy centers; profiles of…

Areas in which the priorities and concerns of the college admissions officer and the college faculty often conflict are examined, including development of a well-rounded student body, statistical comparisons of student characteristics among institutions, and the image projected by the admissions office in its marketing. (MSE)

Universities are "organized anarchies," with individual colleges and even departments pursuing independent objectives. The institutions themselves contribute to this organizational anarchy and to their own disintegration in how they organize themselves with regard to budget, in the incentives they give to colleges to raise their own funds, and in…

To obtain a profile of administrative moves in higher education, data were collected from the "Gazette" section of "The Chronicle of Higher Education" from September 1982, through June 1983. Trends of movement into and within higher education administration are discussed. (MLW)

The reading of English placement essays has become the high spots of the semester for faculty at Long Beach City College. A grant to evaluate an English placement test by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education is discussed from the viewpoint of the dean, a faculty member, and a consultant. (MLW)

Excerpts from a fictional academic dean's letters to a colleague and friend give insight into a college administrator's struggle to make sense of the institution's investments in technology and to find the best way to use emerging technology to improve curriculum and instruction. (MSE)