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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464723203321

Titolo

Academic leadership and governance of higher education : a guide for trustees, leaders, and aspiring leaders of two- and four-year institutions / / Robert M. Hendrickson [and three others] ; foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, Virginia : , : Stylus, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-57922-880-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/01

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - United States - Administration

College administrators - United States

Eduational leadership - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""FOREWORD: Academic Leadership and Its Consequences""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Three Essential Principles""; ""Organization of this Book""; ""PART ONE: HISTORY, POLITICS, GLOBALIZATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY IN HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""1. PRINCIPLES OF ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP""; ""Conflicting Goals, Ambiguous Aims""; ""Importance of Being Mission Driven""; ""Adjusting to an Ever-Changing Environment""; ""Importance of Democratic Partnerships in Advancing the Academy""; ""2. UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS""

""Part One: Academic Institutions as Organizations: History, Typology, and Characteristics""""Historical Development of the Academic Institution""; ""The Nature of Organizations""; ""Organizational Boundaries and Systems""; ""The Study of Academic Organizations""; ""Theories About Academic Organizations""; ""Characteristics of Academic Organizations""; ""Organizational Culture and Climate in Higher Education""; ""Part Two: Operating Structures of Colleges and Universities: Administrative Units and Governance Models"";



""Administrative Units""; ""Models of Academic Governance""

""Part Three: Decision Making and Academic Leadership""""Leading in a Bifurcated Organization""; ""Decision Making in Academic Organizations""; ""Learning to Frame Situations""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES""; ""Global Growth and Importance of Higher Education""; ""Defining Terminology""; ""Organizing the Internationalization of Colleges and Universities""; ""Types of Mobility: Students, Faculty, Programs, and Institutions""; ""Accreditation and Federal Regulations""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART TWO: EXTERNAL CONSTITUENCIES""

""4. FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION""""The Evolution of Federal Engagement in Higher Education""; ""Primary Areas of Federal Engagement""; ""Primary Departments and Agencies for Federal Engagement""; ""The Future of Federal Involvement""; ""5. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS� RELATIONSHIP WITH HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""State Actors and Institutions""; ""State Governance of Higher Education""; ""Community College Governance""; ""Institutional Licensure""; ""Quality Assurance and Accountability""; ""State Funding""; ""State Aid to Students""; ""State Support of Private Institutions""

""Future Issues""""6. THE COURTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""The Legal System in the United States""; ""The Courts� Historical Involvement With Higher Education""; ""Federalism and State Authority in Public Education""; ""Student Issues""; ""Faculty Employment Issues""; ""Employment Discrimination""; ""Legal Issues and Board Governance""; ""Conclusion""; ""7. THE ENGAGED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY""; ""Three Educational Movements""; ""8. EXTERNAL INFLUENCES AND THE ROLE OF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS""; ""Evaluation and the Role of Accrediting Bodies""; ""Membership Organizations""; ""Foundations""

""Conclusion""



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Record Nr.

UNISA996386982803316

Autore

Quarles Francis <1592-1644.>

Titolo

Divine fancies [[electronic resource] ] : digested into epigrams, meditations & observations / / by Fran. Quarles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for W. Shears and are to be sold by John Symms ..., 1660

Descrizione fisica

[34], 178 p

Soggetti

Epigrams

Meditations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The words "epigrams, .. observations." are bracketed together on title page.

With nine preliminary contents leaves.

In verse.

In four books; register and pagination are continuous.

Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018