Public concern over sharp increases in undergraduate tuition has
led many to question why colleges and universities cannot behave
more like businesses and cut their costs to hold tuition down.
Ronald G. Ehrenberg and his coauthors assert that understanding how
academic institutions are governed provides part of the
answer.Factors that influence the governance of academic
institutions include how states regulate higher education and
govern their public institutions; the size and method of selection
of boards of trustees; the roles of trustees, administrators, and
faculty in shared governance at campuses; how universities are
organized for fiscal and academic purposes; the presence or absence
of collective bargaining for faculty, staff, and graduate student
assistants; pressures from government regulations, donors,
insurance carriers, athletic conferences, and accreditation
agencies; and competition from for-profit providers.Governing
Academia, which covers all these aspects of governance, is
enlightening and accessible for anyone interested in higher
education. The authors are leading academic administrators and
scholars from a wide range of fields including economics,
education, law, political science, and public policy.Contributors:
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University; James O. Freedman,
Dartmouth College; Thomas H. Hammond, Michigan State University;
Donald E. Heller, Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin E.
Hermalin, University of California, Berkeley; Gabriel E. Kaplan,
University of Colorado; Adam T. Kezsbom, Cornell University; Daniel
B. Klaff, Cornell University; Susanne Lohmann, University of
California, Los Angeles; Matthew P. Nagowski, Cornell University;
Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston Law Center; Brian Pusser,
University of Virginia; Sarah E. Turner, University of Virginia;
John D. Wilson, Michigan State University
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