Governance Reconsidered

How Boards, Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrive

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Revamp senior administration organization for more effective governance Governance Reconsidered: How Boards, Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrive takes an in-depth look at the current practice of governance in higher education and explores solutions for more effective functioning. Written by a former college president, the book provides an insider's perspective on the growing tensions around the traditional shared governance model and identifies the key challenges facing trustees, presidents, senior administrators, and faculty.Traditional shared governance operations are typically time-consuming, process-laden, and slow to respond to the internal and external forces acting upon modern educational institutions. Higher education is facing increasing political and economic pressure, and senior administration frequently needs the flexibility to make institutional decisions quickly. Using recent public scandals as examples, Governance Reconsidered illustrates how the tension between the need for timely decisions and action versus the importance of mission and academic quality is creating a dramatic systemic problem. The book provides practical advice on the issues at the heart of the matter, including: The nature and pace of change on campus, including the pressures facing higher educationClarity about the roles and responsibilities of trustees, the president, and the facultyThe campus community's role in decision-making activitiesHow thriving universities can govern collaborativelyThe book also addresses the brand new challenges that affect higher education governance, including MOOCs, online learning, and rising questions about value and cost. Campus leaders must work together effectively to boost higher education, and Governance Reconsidered contains the questions and answers integral to implementing effective governance.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-06-04
Mått155 x 231 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
MedarbetareTrachtenberg,Stephen
ISBN9781118738498

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Foreword ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xxiAbout the Author xxv1. Shared Governance: Its History and Its Challenges 1The Pressures on Shared Governance 3Differences in How Shared Governance Has Been Practiced 6The History of Shared Governance 7Differences over the Nature and Pace of Change 13Pressures on Trustees, Presidents, and Faculty to Change 232. The Impact of Financial Pressures on Governance 25The Causes of Financial Pressures 26Efforts to Control Tuition and Limit Growing Financial Aid 33The Dangers of Business as Usual in Times of Budget Problems 37A Successful, Proactive Approach to Financial Pressures 423. The Impact on Governance of ContingentFaculty, Online Learning, and MOOCs 45Reliance on Contingent Faculty Affects Governance 46Online Courses and MOOCs 584. The Impact on Governance of Questions About Higher Education’s Value and Cost 69Higher Education Is Vulnerable to Criticism 70Claims That Colleges Are Failing to Educate Students 75Elected Officials Seek to Influence Higher Education 78Trustees Are Assuming More Activist Roles 875. Cautionary Tales: Protests of Presidential Actions and Lessons for Shared Governance 89Chief Financial Officers Seek Academic Cost Reductions 90Recommendations for Presidents 1096. Cautionary Tales: Faculty Failures and Recommendations for Collaboration 123Case Studies: Faculties That Resist Administrative Decisions 125Recommendations for Faculty Members 1417. Cautionary Tales: Boards That Fail to Fulfill Their Fiduciary Responsibilities and Recommendations for Changes 153Examples of Boards Failing to Provide Oversight 154Lessons Learned 167Recommendations for Boards 167The Complexity of Terminating a President 169Recommendations for Boards That Are Confronted with Concerns About Presidential Performance 1708. Exemplary Tales: Successful Presidents 185The University of Maryland, Baltimore County 188Kettering University 191American International College 194Pitzer College 197Commonalities 199Resources 201References 203Index 215