LEADER 04934nam 2200637 450 001 9910819864103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7618-6459-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000570868 035 $a(EBL)1813059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001433797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11810296 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11415432 035 $a(PQKB)10378182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1813059 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1813059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10989211 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL650777 035 $a(OCoLC)893123702 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000570868 100 $a20141215h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHigher education scene in America $esome observations /$fAbraham L. Gitlow and Howard S. Gitlow 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aPlymouth, England :$cUniversity Press of America, Inc.,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-19497-1 311 $a0-7618-6458-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Higher Education Scene In America; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Higher Education in a Free Society; A. The Academic and Employability Missions; B. Sources of Power and their Relationship to the Mission; C. Online Learning and MOOCs as they Relate to the Mission: For-Profit Academic Institutions; Chapter 2 Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power; A. Moral Power and Implementing Decisions; B. Power Centers; C. Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power; D. The Challenge of Achieving Consensus; Chapter 3 The Academic Pecking Order and Unionization of the Academic Staff 327 $aA. The Doctoral Degree and the Research MissionB. The Teaching Mission; C. Staffing Profiles; D. Academic Snobbery; E. The Arts & Sciences and the Professional Schools; F. The Power of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty; G. The Empowered Faculty and Unionization; H. Contingent Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants; Chapter 4 The Budgetary Challenge and Fiscal Responsibility; A. Importance; B. Characteristics of a Financially Healthy University or College; C. Budgeting for the Future: The NYU Case; D. Balancing Revenues and Expenditures; E. Mistakes to be Avoided 327 $aChapter 5 The Fundraising ChallengeA. Fundraising as a "Calling"; B. Fundraising as a Profession; C. Lobbying as a Profession; D. The Economic Environment and Fundraising; E. Fundraising Guidelines; F. Tips for Approaching Individual Donors; Chapter 6 Other Aspects of Fundraising; A. Enhancing Revenues through Executive Education; B. Institutes and Centers as Fundraising Instruments; C. Creating Other Resources to Support the Academic Mission; D. Fundraising as a Source of Leadership Power; E. Fundraising from Public Sources 327 $aF. Endowments in Public and Private Universities and Colleges: Some ImplicationsG. The Role of Endowments: A Challenge in Budgetary Policy; H. A Comparative Analysis; Chapter 7 Conflicts of Interest and Division I Sports; A. Conflicts of Interest: Nature and a Guide to Policy; B. Compensation Differences, Perceptions of Inequity, and External Markets; C. External Markets: The Special Challenge of Division I Sports Programs; Chapter 8 Service Functions: A Secondary Source of Threats to the Academic Mission; A. The Need for Support Services: The Growth Picture 327 $aB. Using University Support Functions as a Laboratory for StudentsC. Outsourcing Service Functions; D. Unionization of Outside Contractors; E. Some Examples of Service Functions; Chapter 9 The University President: The Leader's Job is Critical; A. The University or College President; B. Achieving and Leaving Leadership in the Academy: Stepping Up and Stepping Down; Chapter 10 Conclusion; A. The Criteria Underlying Judgment; B. The Threats Revisited; C. Epilogue; Sources; Index; About the Authors 330 $aBased on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today. 606 $aEducation, Higher$zUnited States$xAdministration 606 $aEducation, Higher$xAims and objectives$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xAdministration. 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xAims and objectives 676 $a378.1010973 700 $aGitlow$b Abraham L.$0123106 702 $aGitlow$b Howard S. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819864103321 996 $aHigher education scene in America$94019208 997 $aUNINA