The responsive university : restructuring for high performance / edited by William G. Tierney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tierney, William G.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Education, Higher--United States--Administration.

Administration.

Universities and colleges--United States--Planning.

Universities and colleges.

Planning.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Summary:

"This book is about getting out of the box. It is about rethinking fundamental assumptions of higher education. To survive and thrive in the next century, colleges and universities will have to be responsive in the eyes of those being served." -- Future Survey

In The Responsive University, William G. Tierney brings together a distinguished group of practitioners and scholars to describe how colleges and universities might respond effectively to changing social, demographic, and political forces. In each chapter, the contributors diagnose a specific problem and show how solutions can be found by reorienting basic work structures and designing nimbler, more creative organizations. Their goal is to encourage systemic change throughout the academy, and they propose far-reaching changes in such areas as management, marketing, and assessment. The Responsive University provides practical, real-world solutions for achieving high performance in colleges and universities.

"Tierney's discovery of core crisis in the academy's systems and structures is thought-provoking and intriguing. This fascinating book offers extremely valuable prescriptions for higher education's survival in the twenty-first century." -- Barry Munitz, President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust and former Chancellor of the California State University System.

Contents:

On the road to recovery and renewal: reinventing academe / William G. Tierney

Listening to the people we serve / Ellen Earle Chaffee

Tenure is dead. Long live tenure / William G. Tierney

Forming new social partnerships / Larry A. Braskamp and Jon F. Wergin

The implications of the changed environment for governance in higher education / Roger Benjamin and Steve Carroll

Achieving high performance: the policy dimension / Peter T. Ewell

The responsive university in the twenty-first century / Kent M. Keith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0801862604

OCLC:

43395165