Governing academia / edited by Ronald G. Ehrenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

United States.

Administration.

Education, Higher--United States--Administration.

Education, Higher.

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

x, 324 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Public concern over sharp increases in undergraduate tuition has led many to question why colleges and universities cannot behave more like businesses and cut their costs to hold tuition down. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and his coauthors assert that understanding how academic institutions are governed provides part of the answer. Factors that influence the governance of academic institutions include how states regulate higher education and govern their public institutions; the size and method of selection of boards of trustees; the roles of trustees, administrators, and faculty in shared governance at campuses; how universities are organized for fiscal and academic purposes; the presence or absence of collective bargaining for faculty, staff, and graduate student assistants; pressure from government regulations, donors, insurance carriers, athletic conferences, and accreditation agencies; and competition from for-profit providers. "Governing Academia, which covers all these aspects of governance, is enlightening and accessible for anyone interested in higher education. The authors are leading academic administrators and scholars from a wide range of fields including economics, education, law, political science, and public policy.

Contents:

Presidents and trustees / James O. Freedman

Higher education boards of trustees / Benjamin E. Hermalin

State oversight of academia / Donald E. Heller

Darwinian medicine for the university / Susanne Lohmann

Herding cats in university hierarchies / Thomas H. Hammond

Tiebout competition versus political competition on a university campus / John D. Wilson

How academic ships actually navigate / Gabriel E. Kaplan

Collective bargaining in American higher education / Ronald G. Ehrenberg ... [et al.]

Nonprofit and for-profit governance in higher education / Brian Pusser and Sarah E. Turner

The rise of non-legal legal influences upon higher education / Michael A. Olivas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-312) and index.

ISBN:

0801440548

OCLC:

52518894