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…

The discussion of public value is in the air among museums and other cultural institutions as they strive to achieve strategic impact "for and with" their "communities," rather than merely operational impact "for themselves." At the most basic level, it is about ensuring that their work is fully and meaningfully connected to the fabric and true…

As explored elsewhere in this publication, the purpose of a Comprehensive or Institution-wide Interpretive Plan (CIP) is to define or articulate the intellectual framework that connects the mission of an organization and its collections with the needs and interests of its audiences. In so doing, it should follow that this plan, shaped by the…

The author discusses the neglect and deprivation common in State institutions for the mentally retarded and cites programs and legislation undertaken to alleviate the problem. (BY)

The success of an institution in recruiting students is directly related to how well it projects its own uniqueness. (GB)

In this report measurable institutional objectives recommended by the faculty, students serving on faculty committees, and the administrative staff of Mt. San Jacinto College (California) are presented. The objectives are based on discussions with members of the Board of Trustees, advisory committees, community groups such as the Patrons…

This report represents the third year that faculty committees and the administrative staff have recommended a set of measurable institutional objectives to the Board of Trustees of Mt. San Jacinto College (California). The authors feel that these objectives are more comprehensive and challenging than those presented the previous year (see JC 720…

The colloquium on issues in university governance was organized to identify and define major governmental issues facing US colleges and universities and, following an interdisciplinary analysis of the issues, to propose solutions or to determine next steps to be taken. Explanations that emerged as to why the governance of academic institutions has…

This study of the University of San Francisco provides empirical estimates for the next five years of a set of institutional variables reflecting institutional vital signs. It is intended to provide a sensitization to the fact that a time perspective is important, that the degree of fit between institutional goals and their fulfillment is a…

The kinds of impact a consortium might have on the operations of its member institutions are presented following an overview of the consortium's challenge to institutional autonomy. Ten attitudinal forms of consortium impact challenging autonomy include: (1) the rest are going ahead so do it anyway, (2) infiltration and multiple loyalities of…

Universities that base their priorities on the availability of government funds rather than on carefully designed institutional goals and realistic calculations of their resources often overextend their financial resources. Since participation in federal programs requires a commitment of institutional funds, the reduction or curtailment of federal…

This paper suggests how American colleges and universities have used the Office of Institutional Research for systematic and cybernetically directed organizational intelligence. This institutional level mechanism might have some relevance for Greek institutions of higher learning. Emphasis is placed on the experience of institutional research at…

Addressed primarily to planners facing the challenge of changing both the directions and scope of services provided by community jails, this report describes the trends and alternative ways of dealing with offenders which bear directly on future jail operations. The report considers jail functions, administrative models, and physical design. (BH)