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Resolving the crisis in higher education : the key role of business continuity planning / John "Jack" Hampton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hampton, John, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Universities and colleges--Business management.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Business management.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- Summary:
- Colleges were created because society needed clergymen, philosophers, and scientists. They morphed into producing better farmers, factory workers, and office administrators. Now, they must prepare young people for a changing world of technology and complex systems. This book shows how universities change their business models to achieve that goal.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chapter One Do Liberal Arts Colleges Have Viable Business Models?Even More Important, Why Do They Need Them?
- Chapter Two What Is the Risk of a Faulty Business Model? Do Professors and Administrators Need to Work Together to Get It Right?
- Chapter Three Does Your University Know about Enterprise Risk Management? Or Will Risks Simply Take Care of Themselves?
- Chapter Four Why Is Managing the Business Model Similar to Climbing Mount Everest? Are We Sure We Know What We're Doing as We Face Risk in the Immediate Future?
- Chapter Five How Does a University Revise Its Business Model? Are We Getting into the World of Business Continuity Planning?
- Chapter Six Where Does the Liberal Arts Fit in a Sustainable Value Chain for a University? Does Anyone Really Care about Shakespeare?
- Chapter Seven Business Continuity Plan on a Liberal Arts Foundation: What Do We Have to Consider? What Do We Have to Change?
- Chapter Eight Let's Build a Modern Curriculum on a Liberal Arts Foundation: Hey, This Is a ProgramThat Really Meets My Needs!
- Chapter Nine Let's Build Our Own Undergraduate Degree on a Liberal Arts Foundation: If We Design and Offer the Right Products, Will They Come?
- Chapter Ten Authority, Responsibility, and Accountability in Business Continuity Planning: Who Should Be Responsible for What?
- Chapter Eleven End of the Journey: What Would Happen If No One Listened to the Crisis in Higher Education?
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 23, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41157-4
- 979-82-16-24361-8
- 1-4758-6169-9
- OCLC:
- 1256236841
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