Higher education is becoming destabilized in the face of extraordinarily rapid change. The composition of the academy's most valuable asset - the faculty - and the essential nature of faculty work are being transformed. Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein describe the transformation of the American faculty in the most extensive and ...
American colleges and universities are poised at the edge of a remarkable transformation. Focusing on the changing face of academe, as women, foreign-born and minority scholars enter the professoriate in large numbers, this text argues that the new generation will usher in an era of dramatic change. The authors base their analysis on the 1993 ...
This collection of original essays brings to center stage new ideas about who shares--and will share--in governing colleges and universities. The chapters cover a range of issues. Part One surveys the evolution of academic governance, from the middle ages to the present. Part Two offers theoretical perspectives on the unique structures and ...
The contributors to this book suggest a method by which higher education can balance contemporary challenges of efficient planning and management with campus governance: The Strategic Planning Council. Eight examples of Strategic Planning Councils are contrasted and compared.
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Degrees of Compromise: Industrial Interests and Academic Values
by
Jennifer L Croissant (Editor), Sal Restivo (Editor)
