How Colleges Work
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How Colleges Work
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Author : Robert Birnbaum
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1991-09-03
How Colleges Work written by Robert Birnbaum and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-09-03 with Education categories.
"One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of universityacademic organization and leadership in print. This book issignificant because it is not only thoughtfully developed and basedon careful reading of the extensive literature on leadership andgovernance, but it is also deliberately intended to enable theauthor to bridge the gap between theories of organization, on onehand, and practical application, on the other." --Journal of Higher Education
How The University Works
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Author : Marc Bousquet
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
How The University Works written by Marc Bousquet and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Education categories.
As much as we think we know about the modern university, very little has been said about what it's like to work there. Instead of the high-wage, high-profit world of knowledge work, most campus employees—including the vast majority of faculty—really work in the low-wage, low-profit sphere of the service economy. Tenure-track positions are at an all-time low, with adjuncts and graduate students teaching the majority of courses. This super-exploited corps of disposable workers commonly earn fewer than $16,000 annually, without benefits, teaching as many as eight classes per year. Even undergraduates are being exploited as a low-cost, disposable workforce. Marc Bousquet, a major figure in the academic labor movement, exposes the seamy underbelly of higher education—a world where faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates work long hours for fast-food wages. Assessing the costs of higher education’s corporatization on faculty and students at every level, How the University Works is urgent reading for anyone interested in the fate of the university.
How College Works
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Author : Daniel F. Chambliss
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-17
How College Works written by Daniel F. Chambliss and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-17 with Education categories.
Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that limited resources need not diminish the undergraduate experience. How College Works reveals the decisive role that personal relationships play in determining a student's success, and puts forward a set of small, inexpensive interventions that yield substantial improvements in educational outcomes. At a liberal arts college in New York, the authors followed nearly one hundred students over eight years. The curricular and technological innovations beloved by administrators mattered much less than did professors and peers, especially early on. At every turning point in undergraduate lives, it was the people, not the programs, that proved critical. Great teachers were more important than the topics studied, and just two or three good friendships made a significant difference academically as well as socially. For most students, college works best when it provides the daily motivation to learn, not just access to information. Improving higher education means focusing on the quality of relationships with mentors and classmates, for when students form the right bonds, they make the most of their education.
How Colleges Change
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Author : Adrianna Kezar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-01
How Colleges Change written by Adrianna Kezar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Education categories.
Higher education is in an unprecedented time of change and reform. To address these challenges, university leaders tend to focus on specific interventions and programs, but ignore the change processes and the contexts that would lead to success. Joining theory and practice, How Colleges Change unmasks problematic assumptions that change agents typically possess and provides research-based principles for approaching change. Framed by decades of research, this monumental book offers fresh insights into understanding, leading, and enacting change. Recognizing that internal and external conditions shape and frame change processes, Kezar presents an overarching practical framework that can be applied to any organizational challenge and context. How Colleges Change is a crucial resource for aspiring and practicing campus leaders, higher education practitioners, scholars, faculty, and staff who want to learn how to apply change strategies in their own institutions.
How Colleges Change
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Author : Adrianna Kezar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-07-27
How Colleges Change written by Adrianna Kezar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-27 with Education categories.
Joining theory and practice, How Colleges Change unmasks problematic assumptions that university leaders and change agents typically possess, and provides research-based principles for approaching change. Featuring case studies, teaching questions, change tools, and a greater focus on scaling change, this monumental new edition offers updated content and fresh insights into understanding, leading, and enacting change. Recognizing that internal and external conditions shape and frame change processes, Kezar presents an overarching practical toolkit—a framework for analyzing change, as well as a set of theoretical perspectives to apply that framework in order to custom-design a change process, no matter the organizational challenge or context. How Colleges Change is a crucial resource for aspiring and practicing campus leaders, higher education practitioners, scholars, faculty, and staff who want to become agents of change in their own institutions.
Beyond The Campus
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Author : David J. Maurrasse
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-05-03
Beyond The Campus written by David J. Maurrasse and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-03 with Social Science categories.
The role of the university and its relationship to the community has long been a highly debated topic among educators, administrators, and local business leaders. David J. Maurrasse offers a passionate appeal for community partnerships. Going further than a simple explanation of the problems at hand, Beyond the Campus offers a road map for both universities and local institutions to work together for the good of their communities.
How Academic Leadership Works
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Author : Robert Birnbaum
language : en
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Release Date : 1992-09-16
How Academic Leadership Works written by Robert Birnbaum and has been published by Jossey-Bass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-09-16 with Education categories.
What makes an academic leader effective? How can the myths surrounding academic leadership induce college presidents to make poor judgments? Can a college president really make a difference in whether an institution is successful in achieving its goals? In this book, Robert Birnbaum reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. Drawing on the results of a five-year longitudinal study by the Institutional Leadership Project, he explains how college and university leaders in various types of institutions interact and communicate, assess their own and others' effectiveness, establish goals, transmit values, and make sense of the ambiguous and dynamic organizations in which they work. And Birnbaum tells how presidents can maintain critical constituent support, increase their effectiveness, and ultimately help renew their college's values and spirit.
Like Nobody S Business
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Author : Andrew C. Comrie
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Like Nobody S Business written by Andrew C. Comrie and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with Education categories.
How do university finances really work? From flagship public research universities to small, private liberal arts colleges, there are few aspects of these institutions associated with more confusion, myths or lack of understanding than how they fund themselves and function in the business of higher education. Using simple, approachable explanations supported by clear illustrations, this book takes the reader on an engaging and enlightening tour of how the money flows. How does the university really pay for itself? Why do tuition and fees rise so fast? Why do universities lose money on research? Do most donations go to athletics? Grounded in hard data, original analyses, and the practical experience of a seasoned administrator, this book provides refreshingly clear answers and comprehensive insights for anyone on or off campus who is interested in the business of the university: how it earns its money, how it spends it, and how it all works.
Honors Of Inequality
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Author : Joseph H. Wycoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-01-15
Honors Of Inequality written by Joseph H. Wycoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-15 with Education categories.
Clark Kerr once observed that "the essential conservatism of faculty members about their own affairs" dominates the governance of American college campuses. Key facets of that conservatism are evident in higher education scholarship and policy analysis. By definition, the musings of an academician on academia is not academic. Tenured faculty have a political and economic stake in the ideas that their scholarship advances about how colleges work. Faculty's financial well-being, institutional control, academic freedom, and influence on state policies are inextricably connected to how much American families, students, citizens, politicians, and policymakers support higher education. Conversely, Americans' understanding of higher education unavoidably depends on the faculty who study and publish academic works on student learning and university administration. In short, faculty has a vested interest in the areas of investigation and conclusions drawn from their own academic research on the nature of higher education.This critical history of higher education as a field of study exposes its origins in the tradition of anti-intellectualism and business enterprise in America life. Higher education scholars adopted concepts and ideological tools from the anti-New Deal and anti-centralization bent of conservative thinkers that raised impediments to the scientific study of higher learning and frustrated the accumulation of knowledge about what works for college student success. In a backlash to student protests, they redefined academic freedom as a corporate right of the faculty that betrayed the principles of higher learning for college students and characterized college administration as an organized anarchy that tended to support the status quo.Honors of Inequality demonstrates how colleges work for some, and not for others, by design. As a defense of private institutions and the elite functions of universities that prepare "the ruling class," as one scholar acknowledged, higher education scholars advocated for the transformation of the American college student loan system into a form of public subsidy to private institutions and for the elite programs on public campuses. Today, the national system of higher education financing functions as a regressive system of taxation in which many American are burdened with student loans to subsidize free college for the few.
How University Boards Work
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Author : Robert A. Scott
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2018-01-15
How University Boards Work written by Robert A. Scott and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-15 with Education categories.
An expert guide designed to help university trustees become effective leaders. Honorable Mention for Eric Hoffer Award (Business Category) by The Hoffer Project We expect college and university trustees to hire the president, advise senior staff, manage investments and financial decisions, and oversee major strategic initiatives. Unfortunately, they sometimes come into this powerful role with little or no understanding of what they are meant to do or how their institutions work. How University Boards Work, by Robert A. Scott, is designed to help trustees understand how to fulfill their responsibilities. Written by a widely respected leader in American higher education and former university president, How University Boards Work is the product of personal experience and considerable research. This concise, straightforward guide includes: • an explanation of the difference between governance and management • tips on how best to prepare for board decisions and discussions • examples of positive and negative board behavior • guidance about board professional development • advice on managing transitions between chief executives How University Boards Work will prove an invaluable resource for those responsible for governing colleges and universities, whether privately financed or state funded. It will also be an illuminating read for board secretaries, campus executives and administrators, faculty leaders, alumni volunteers, and public officials, as well as anybody seeking to understand institutional governance in the light of past and current trends in higher education.