Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance

William G. Tierney is the Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis at the University of Southern California. He is the editor of The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance, also available from Johns Hopkins.

• Preface: Why Governance? Why Now?Introduction: A Perfect Storm: Turbulence in Higher EducationChapter 1. Going Global: Governance Implications of Cross-Border Traffic in Higher EducationChapter 2. The Paradox of Scope: A Challenge to the Governance of Higher EducationChapter 3. Faculty Involvement in System-wide GovernanceChapter 4. The Ambiguous Future of Public Higher Education SystemsChapter 5. Governing the Twenty-first-Century University: A View from the BridgeChapter 6. A Growing Quaintness: Traditional Governance in the Markedly New Realm of U.S. Higher EducationChapter 7. University Governance and Academic FreedomChapter 8. Improving Academic Governance: Utilizing a Cultural Framework to Improve Organizational PerformanceList of Contributors Index

The broad perspectives on university governance put forward in this book, relevant to all who are 'negotiating the perfect storm,' make it worthwhile reading. -- Harry deBoer Review of Higher Education This book arrives at an important moment in the evolution of university governance... The research and scholarship in this volume provide a detailed depiction of the challenges faced by governing boards and postsecondary leaders. -- Brian Pusser Journal of Higher Education