Nonprofit leaders have long been told to behave "more like a business" and the corporatization of higher education, where the author now labors, has gotten critical attention. But these issues are still not widely discussed in philanthropy, where the author once toiled, except by a few intrepid souls who study and critique the field. In the 1960s,…

Following the publication of the Tempus study Changing Rules--a Review of Tempus Support to University Governance, the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency held a series of four regional seminars to present its results and to provide an opportunity for reflection and discussion on challenges and trends in…

Striving to provide public good and maximize public value strike many as highly abstract and idealistic ideas. Written in the form of an interview, this article, written from the perspective of a practitioner, addresses some of the pragmatic issues that arise when trying to conceptualize approaches to museum offerings and demonstrate their…

The study of institutional myths has been central to organizational sociology, cultural sociology, and the sociology of education for 30 years. This article examines how the myth concept has been used and develops neglected possibilities by asking: What happens when myths become incarnate, and how does this occur? In other words, what happens when…

Even as the notion of continuing professional learning or development (CPL) in academic practice has become more established, the concept of curriculum and the nature of the learning involved remains problematic. We argue for a focus on transformation of self, and posit this as an expanded version of one established curriculum model. Through a…

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…

Analyzes the nature of external evaluation, its benefits and costs, and makes recommendations as to how evaluation can be improved to the collective benefit. (Author/PG)

Inquires into the causes of failure of accountability, reviews demands currently being made on systems of higher education, and makes concluding remarks about the faults in the structure of higher education, such as loss of community. (Author/PG)

Clearly defined goals are essential to the health and effectiveness of organizations. (JD)

Two chief personnel officers review external regulation and provide guidelines for institutional responses to these regulations. (Author)

Discusses management of state universities and the external regulation by state governments. The impact of multiple sources of regulation on the university is to discourage flexibility, cripple initiative, dilute responsibility, and ultimately to destroy some accountability. (JR)

The public university will have to become responsive to a wider range of economic interests and a more diverse pattern of ethnic backgrounds. (Editor)

This report discusses federally sponsored research at educational institutions and suggests ways to improve accountability for these funds. The following suggestions are made for minimizing problems presented in this report: (1) development of more definitive cost principles for both the institutions and the Federal auditors to follow; (2) more…

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…

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