Wise Moves in Hard Times

DAVID W. LESLIE is professor and coordinator of the Higher Education Program at Florida State University. He is a past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and a former associate editor of The Review of Higher Education. Leslie is coauthor of The Invisible Faculty (with J.M. Gappa, Jossey-Bass, 1993). E. K. FRETWELL, JR. is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is a former interim president of the University of Massachussetts system and former president of the State University of New York College at Buffalo.

• Preface xiThe Authors xxiPart One: Hard Times1 Common Lessons from Hard Times 32 Sources of Stress 293 Impact of Stress 53Part Two: Searching for Solutions4 Mission and Organization 775 Decisions and Conflict 1076 Teaching and learning in a New Era 135Part Three: Wise Moves7 Analyzing the Institution’s Condition 1658 Triage 1959 Strategy and Realism: Promoting Enlightened Change 21710 Resilience in Times of Fiscal Stress 24511 Unfinished Business 277References 289Index 296