We gain insight into the emerging character of the entrepreneurial university by pursuing empirical answers to two questions: How are such universities initially formed? And how do they sustain themselves? My 1998 book, "Creating Entrepreneurial Universities," used European cases to conceptualize five "pathways of transformation." My 2004 book,…

Systematic change in academic systems requires internal analysis of work, belief, and authority structures. Four situations are explored in which order and disorder are in tension: between disciplinary bottom and administrative top, among administrative units, within operating levels, and over time in a reversal of orderly and disorderly…

Economic, demographic and political trends are three major forces affecting the educational system. Since 1945, rapidly changing technology has increased demands for expert manpower and eradicated or considerably decreased the need for unskilled labor. The educational system responds to this challenge by preparing professionally qualified…

Examples of the initiation and fulfillment of sagas in academic organizations are presented from research on Antioch, Reed, and Swarthmore Colleges. (Author)

This book examines issues related to the entrepreneurial transformation of universities using a study of five European universities which have been working to become more enterprising and entrepreneurial for eight or more years. The five institutions were: the University of Warwick (England); the University of Twente (the Netherlands); the…

While most comparative higher education research focuses on the transition from elite to mass education, two other aspects deserve study: substantive academic growth, with roots in the research imperative and the dynamics of disciplines; and innovative university organization, a concern among practitioners as universities seek greater capacity for…

This book examines, through analysis of three liberal arts colleges (Antioch, Reed, Swarthmore), the factors contributing to the greatness of a first-rank liberal arts college. The writer begins with a presentation of the historical development of the three schools, followed by a detailed description of how broad institutional innovations were…