Fixing the fragmented university : decentralization with direction / Joseph C. Burke, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burke, Joseph C.

Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public universities and colleges--United States.

Public universities and colleges.

Schools--Decentralization--United States.

Schools.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Schools--Decentralization.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bolton, Mass. : Anker Pub. Co., [2007]

Contents:

"The fragmented university" / Joseph C. Burke

Governing boards of public research universities as conflicted necessities / Richard T. Ingram

Fixing the fragmented university: a view from the bridge / James J. Duderstadt

Recreating the faculty role in university governance / Roger Benjamin

Strategic direction and decentralization in public research universities / Daniel James Rowley, Herbert Sherman

Using the budget to fight fragmentation and improve quality / William F. Massy

Assessing institutional effectiveness and connecting the pieces of a fragmented university / J. Fredericks Volkwein

Accrediting the public university: part of the problem or part of the solution? / Ralph A. Wolff

Performance reporting: putting academic departments in the performance loop / Joseph C. Burke

Making students matter / George D. Kuh

Making a "great 'engaged' university" requires rhetoric / Richard A. Cherwitz, E. Johanna Hartelius

Transforming the University of Minnesota through strategic positioning / Robert H. Bruininks

A targeted path toward academic excellence at the Ohio State University / Karen A. Holbrook

Against all odds: Florida International University, a top, urban, public research university / Mayra E. Beers, Paul D. Gallagher, Modesto A. Maidique

The Kellogg Commission: glancing back, looking forward / C. Peter Magrath

Returning to their roots: putting unity, students, and public back into state universities / Joseph C. Burke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

ISBN:

9781933371153

1933371153

OCLC:

71288722

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