Higher education scene in America : some observations / Abraham L. Gitlow and Howard S. Gitlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gitlow, Abraham L. (Abraham Leo), 1918-2014, author.

Gitlow, Howard S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Education, Higher--United States--Administration.

Administration.

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

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, 2014.

Summary:

"The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen."--Back cover.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Higher Education in a Free Society 1

A The Academic and Employ ability Missions 1

B Sources of Power and their Relationship to the Mission 7

C Online Learning and MOOCs as they Relate to the Mission: For-Profit Academic Institutions 8

Chapter 2 Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power 23

A Moral Power and Implementing Decisions 23

B Power Centers 25

C Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power 40

D The Challenge of Achieving Consensus 40

Chapter 3 The Academic Pecking Order and Unionization of the Academic Staff 45

A The Doctoral Degree and the Research Mission 45

B The Teaching Mission 47

C Staffing Profiles 48

D Academic Snobbery 48

E The Arts & Sciences and the Professional Schools 49

F The Power of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty 51

G The Empowered Faculty and Unionization 54

H Contingent Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants 57

Chapter 4 The Budgetary Challenge and Fiscal Responsibility 65

A Importance 65

B Characteristics of a Financially Healthy University or College 66

C Budgeting for the Future: The NYU Case 69

D Balancing Revenues and Expenditures 73

E Mistakes to be Avoided 75

Chapter 5 The Fundraising Challenge 79

A Fundraising as a "Calling" 79

B Fundraising as a Profession 80

C Lobbying as a Profession 81

D The Economic Environment and Fundraising 82

E Fundraising Guidelines 83

F Tips for Approaching Individual Donors 88

Chapter 6 Other Aspects of Fundraising 99

A Enhancing Revenues through Executive Education 99

B Institutes and Centers as Fundraising Instruments 100

C Creating Other Resources to Support the Academic Mission 102

D Fundraising as a Source of Leadership Power 103

E Fundraising from Public Sources 104

F Endowments in Public and Private Universities and Colleges: Some Implications 106

G The Role of Endowments: A Challenge in Budgetary Policy 107

H A Comparative Analysis 113

Chapter 7 Conflicts of Interest and Division I Sports 119

A Conflicts of Interest: Nature and a Guide to Policy 119

B Compensation Differences, Perceptions of Inequity, and External Markets 126

C External Markets: The Special Challenge of Division I Sports Programs 131

Chapter 8 Service Functions: A Secondary Source of Threats to the Academic Mission 149

A The Need for Support Services: The Growth Picture 149

B Using University Support Functions as a Laboratory for Students 152

C Outsourcing Service Functions 152

D Unionization of Outside Contractors 153

E Some Examples of Service Functions 154

Chapter 9 The University President: The Leader's Job is Critical 163

A The University or College President 163

B Achieving and Leaving Leadership in the Academy: Stepping Up and Stepping Down 167

Chapter 10 Conclusion 181

A The Criteria Underlying Judgment 181

B The Threats Revisited 181

C Epilogue 188.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

076186458X

9780761864585

OCLC:

885226057