Departments that work : building and sustaining cultures of excellence in academic programs / Jon F. Wergin ; foreword by Estela Mara Bensimon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wergin, Jon F.

Contributor:

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--United States--Departments.

College teaching--United States--Evaluation.

College teaching.

United States.

Evaluation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Building and sustaining cultures of excellence in academic programs

Place of Publication:

Bolton, Mass. : Anker Pub. Co., [2003]

Contents:

1 The Concept of Academic Quality 1

2 Motivation for Quality Work 13

3 Evaluating Quality in Academic Programs 27

4 Creating the Engaged Department 41

5 Negotiating Departmental Values 69

6 Finding Evidence of Quality and Quality Evidence 85

7 Making Meaning of Quality Evidence 103

8 Enhancing Departmental Quality 119

Appendix Departments That Work: What They Do 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1882982576

OCLC:

51651143