Higher Education Scene in America

Abraham L. Gitlow is emeritus dean and emeritus professor of economics in the Stern School of Business at New York University.Howard S. Gitlow is professor of management science in the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami.

• Higher Education in a Free SocietyFormal Authority and Diffusion of PowerThe Academic Pecking Order and Unionization of the Academic StaffThe Budgetary Challenge and Fiscal ResponsibilityThe Fundraising ChallengeOther Aspects of FundraisingConflicts of Interest and Division I SportsService Functions: A Secondary Source of Threats to the Academic MissionThe University President: The Leader’s Job is CriticalConclusionIndexAbout the Authors

It is this open acknowledgment that institutions, and those actors inside them, are working with multiple – sometimes harmonious and sometimes contentious – missions in mind, which makes the Gitlows’ book a refreshing read. Perhaps it is due to the fact that this father and son team have spent a combined seventy-five years in academia, not just as scholars but also as administrators, that their combined work presents such a reasoned approach. . . .While a must read for anyone contemplating a future career as a university president or provost, this book also proves to be insightful to administrators, faculty, and policy makers, or anyone whose professional life is grounded in the world of higher education.