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Prioritizing academic programs and services : reallocating resources to achieve strategic balance / Robert C. Dickeson ; forward by Stanley O. Ikenberry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickeson, Robert C.
- Series:
- Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
- The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Universities and colleges.
- Administration.
- United States.
- Educational leadership--United States.
- Educational leadership.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Sociological aspects.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration--Case studies.
- Educational change--United States--Case studies.
- Educational leadership--United States--Case studies.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Sociological aspects--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, [1999]
- Summary:
- Responsible cost-containment is a difficult but increasingly necessary task in higher education today, and no one is better qualified than Robert C. Dickeson to guide educators through the process of identifying which academic programs are indispensable to an institution's mission and which must be cut for the sake of economic health.
- A former university president and respected consultant, Dickeson has guided dozens of colleges and universities through this challenging process. In this essential guide, he presents his proven academic prioritization strategy, which has been tested and refined over the years by faculty, administrators, board members, and public policy shapers throughout the country. Dickeson shows step by step how to confront the many difficult dimensions of assessing the viability of academic programs. He presents the entire process within a systematic context and includes helpful campus-based case studies.
- This book makes a compelling argument for real academic reform, championed by strong leaders armed with a clarified mission. Its effective approach and concise, assessable format make it an ideal tool for both individual reformers and strategy groups.
- Contents:
- Recognizing the need for reform
- Identifying responsible leadership
- Reaffirming institutional mission
- Defining what constitutes a program
- Selecting appropriate criteria
- Measuring, analyzing, prioritizing
- Anticipating process issues
- Implementing program decisions
- Achieving strategic balance.
- Notes:
- "Published in Association with the USA Group Foundation."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0787948160
- OCLC:
- 40193519
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