Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0801879205
ISBN 13
9780801879203
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Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Pages
228
Subject
Universities and colleges--United States--Administration. Education, Higher--United States--Administration.
Abstract
In Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance, William G. Tierney brings together faculty members, administrators, and policy experts to discuss differing views of academic governance at institutional, state, and international levels. Topics include the effects of globalization and the prospect of international accreditation balancing the entrepreneurial and philosophical goals of higher education the interaction between state governments and public universities and the conflicting interests and roles of boards of trustees, administrators, and faculty. Carefully weighing various models and strategies, Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance provides new ways of understanding and addressing the changes that are transforming higher education.
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