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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823146303321

Autore

Lombardi John V

Titolo

How universities work / / John V. Lombardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-4214-1123-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

EDU015000

Disciplina

378

Soggetti

Education, Higher - United States - Administration

Education, Higher - United States

Universities and colleges - United States - Administration

Universities and colleges - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CHAPTER 1 Quality Engines""; ""CHAPTER 2 Management""; ""CHAPTER 3 Critics""; ""CHAPTER 4 Characteristics""; ""CHAPTER 5 Teaching""; ""CHAPTER 6 Research""; ""CHAPTER 7 Faculty""; ""CHAPTER 8 Finance""; ""CHAPTER 9 Budgets""; ""CHAPTER 10 Measurement""; ""CHAPTER 11 Quality""; ""CHAPTER 12 Managing Improvement""; ""CHAPTER 13 Support Services and Special Units""; ""CHAPTER 14 Regulation and Governance""; ""CHAPTER 15 Disruptive Change""; ""CHAPTER 16 People""; ""ADDITIONAL READING: A SAMPLER""; INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

"With wit and insight, John Lombardi offers us the single best description of how universities work. This book is destined to be an essential handbook for anyone working or hoping to work in a university. It gives readers an insider's view of the American academy. How Universities Work introduces readers to the structure, logic, dynamics, and operational styles of America's public and private institutions of higher education. The author identifies all the bits and pieces that compose a university in contemporary America: defines them; describes them; and does it all with remarkable economy so that you come away from this slim volume knowing more than you had any reason to anticipate. While focused on research universities, much of the discussion applies to many other types of post-secondary



institutions as the premier public and private research universities serve as models for other colleges and universities. Ideal for students, this book will form a solid foundation for introductory courses in Higher Education, but it may also find a welcome home on the bedside table of faculty and administrators"--