Today, institutional leaders face numerous struggles:
intervention from boards of trustees, alumni, and state
legislators; decline in financial support from the states; and
competition in an increasingly global marketplace. While it is
agreed that effective governance structures allow institutions to
respond creatively to these challenges, how best to allocate
control in order to maximize institutional efficiency, preserve
academic freedom, and ensure institutional identity remains
unclear. Increasingly, administrators look to non-academic
institutions for governance and management strategies.
In "Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance," William G.
Tierney brings together faculty members, administrators, and policy
experts to discuss differing views of academic governance at
institutional, state, and international levels. Topics include the
effects of globalization and the prospect of international
accreditation; balancing the entrepreneurial and philosophical
goals of higher education; the interaction between state
governments and public universities; and the conflicting interests
and roles of boards of trustees, administrators, and faculty.
Carefully weighing various models and strategies, "Competing
Conceptions of Academic Governance" provides new ways of
understanding and addressing the changes that are transforming
higher education.
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