Who's in charge of America's research universities : a blueprint for reform / Thomas J. Tighe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tighe, Thomas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

United States.

Research--United States.

Research.

Physical Description:

x, 190 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2003]

Summary:

Goes to the heart of the challenges facing the nation's research universities.

Contents:

1. The Growth and Impact of Research Universities 1

2. University Research 19

3. University Governance 35

4. The Faculty

An Isolated Culture 54

5. Shared Governance Revisited 72

6. The Teaching-Research Relation 90

7. The Question of Tenure 107

8. Accountability 124

9. Universities and the Corporate Sector 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-182) and index.

ISBN:

0791457427

0791457419

OCLC:

50203953