This article discusses academic entrepreneurship in the context of ongoing changes in university management and governance in European universities. The comparative perspective is provided by the European Union (EU) research project "European Universities for Entrepreneurship: Their Role in the Europe of Knowledge" (EUEREK) comprising…

This paper discusses three major statements on shared authority and points out that there appear to be three types: joint participation in decisionmaking, separate jurisdictions, and collective bargaining. Academic senates and campus councils are the major manifestations of the first two types and a brief discussion of the state and their…

Institutions of higher education have outgrown their traditional organizational structure and greater influence and personal contact must be promoted between student-faculty-administration representatives. (Editor/IR)

The style of management in higher education has changed significantly in recent decades. The groups that have demanded, and in most cases been given, a share in the governance of the institution are the administration, the faculty, the students, and the non-faculty staff. The problem arises in implementing the claims for a share of authority. Some…

Proposes bicameral university legislature consisting of administration, faculty and student groups each given power to initiate legislation for particular areas, but requiring approval of the other group before implementation. (IR)

The term "governance" refers to the process and structure by which and through which decisions about current and projected activities on the campus are reached. The critical issues in governance in the mid-1970s are singled out and recent literature concerning them is presented. Those critical issues are: (1) the role of students in governance;…

Argues against government intervention in college and university governance to solve campus problems. Cites legal and other sources to support the position that the institutions, "in the preservation of its tradition and function, must be mater in its own household. (Author/WM)

Background information and an analysis of issues involved in the governance of new regional educational laboratories are presented. The new laboratories are to be established through a 1984 competition administered by the National Institute of Education (NIE). The analysis is designed to assist the Study Group on Regional Laboratories to advise…

The National Education Association (NEA) was significantly influenced by Margaret Haley's early 20th century probe into its power structure. As a reformer committed to the democratic process, Miss Haley became an active member of the NEA in 1900. At this time, the organization was dominated by a group of male educators (college presidents,…