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Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser
| Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser |
| Autore | Smelser Neil J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States
Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Educational change - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-520-95525-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Chapter I: Dynamics of American Universities -- Apologia -- What Kind of Creature is Higher Education? -- Functions -- The Problematic Status of "Functions" -- Moral Embeddedness -- Structural Changes Accompanying Growth -- Increasing the Size of Units -- Segmentation of Units -- Differentiation -- Proliferation -- Coordination -- A Peculiar Case in Higher Education: Structural Accretion -- A Historical Sketch of the Process -- The Discipline-based Academic Department: So Strong and Yet So -- Frail -- The Organized Research Unit as Distraction from Departments -- Reactions and Conflicts Endemic in the Process of Accretion -- Conditions Producing the Endemic Pattern -- Two Long-term Consequences of Accretion -- The Structuring of Faculty Activities -- Implications for Academic Community -- Chapter 2: The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- Instabilities Imposed on Inertial Stability -- Of Pythons and Goats -- Economic Fluctuations -- Competitors for Resources -- Relevance to Accretion -- Accretion and the Growth of Political Constituencies -- Internal Constituencies -- External Constituencies -- Accretion, Revenues, and Costs -- Accretion, Academic Administration, and Higher Education Politics -- Management as Science and Art -- Administration as Threat to Academic Culture -- Administration as Parkinsonian -- The Structural Alternative -- Implications for Shared Governance -- Accretion and Academic Stratification -- Institutional Prestige -- Multicampus Systems and Stratification -- Prestige Among Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions -- An Unprecedented Perfect Storm -- Unproductive Paradoxes: Starvation, Accountability, and Governance -- General Consequences of Shifts in Support and Costs -- Accountability, Governance, and Support. -- The Many Faces of Commercialization -- The Language and Imagery of Corporatism and Its -- Consequences -- Consumerism -- Economizing as a Way of Life -- University-Industry Relations -- On-line Distance Instruction and the Rise of the For-profits -- Non-tenured and Part-time Faculty -- Implications for Tenure -- Excursus on Academic Freedom -- Coda -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463104803321 |
Smelser Neil J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser
| Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser |
| Autore | Smelser Neil J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States
Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Educational change - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic administration
academic community academic department academic disciplines academic freedom academic stratification academic accountability clark kerr complex structures contemporary trends education history education policy education reform education engaging higher ed leadership higher education history part time faculty political constituencies public support structural accretion teachers and faculty theory of change universities |
| ISBN | 0-520-95525-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Chapter I: Dynamics of American Universities -- Apologia -- What Kind of Creature is Higher Education? -- Functions -- The Problematic Status of "Functions" -- Moral Embeddedness -- Structural Changes Accompanying Growth -- Increasing the Size of Units -- Segmentation of Units -- Differentiation -- Proliferation -- Coordination -- A Peculiar Case in Higher Education: Structural Accretion -- A Historical Sketch of the Process -- The Discipline-based Academic Department: So Strong and Yet So -- Frail -- The Organized Research Unit as Distraction from Departments -- Reactions and Conflicts Endemic in the Process of Accretion -- Conditions Producing the Endemic Pattern -- Two Long-term Consequences of Accretion -- The Structuring of Faculty Activities -- Implications for Academic Community -- Chapter 2: The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- Instabilities Imposed on Inertial Stability -- Of Pythons and Goats -- Economic Fluctuations -- Competitors for Resources -- Relevance to Accretion -- Accretion and the Growth of Political Constituencies -- Internal Constituencies -- External Constituencies -- Accretion, Revenues, and Costs -- Accretion, Academic Administration, and Higher Education Politics -- Management as Science and Art -- Administration as Threat to Academic Culture -- Administration as Parkinsonian -- The Structural Alternative -- Implications for Shared Governance -- Accretion and Academic Stratification -- Institutional Prestige -- Multicampus Systems and Stratification -- Prestige Among Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions -- An Unprecedented Perfect Storm -- Unproductive Paradoxes: Starvation, Accountability, and Governance -- General Consequences of Shifts in Support and Costs -- Accountability, Governance, and Support. -- The Many Faces of Commercialization -- The Language and Imagery of Corporatism and Its -- Consequences -- Consumerism -- Economizing as a Way of Life -- University-Industry Relations -- On-line Distance Instruction and the Rise of the For-profits -- Non-tenured and Part-time Faculty -- Implications for Tenure -- Excursus on Academic Freedom -- Coda -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786270103321 |
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Smelser Neil J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A new way : introducing higher education to professional learning communities at work / / Robert Eaker, Debra Sells
| A new way : introducing higher education to professional learning communities at work / / Robert Eaker, Debra Sells |
| Autore | Eaker Robert E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Solution Tree Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 378.1/2 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Professional learning communities - United States
College teachers - In-service training - United States Educational leadership - United States Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States |
| ISBN | 1-942496-30-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Enhancing student success with the promise of professional learning communities -- ch. 2. The journey from student access to student success -- ch. 3. Leading cultural change -- ch. 4. Enhancing student success through a commitments-driven university -- ch. 5. Capturing the power of collaborative teaming -- ch. 6. Enhancing student success in a culture of continuous improvement -- ch. 7. Bridging the rhetoric-reality gap : helping more students succeed, as if we really mean it -- ch. 8. Improving student retention and graduation rates : the undergraduate experience -- ch. 9. Overcoming barriers : roadblocks, detours, and occasional breakdowns -- Epilogue : a new normal. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792670703321 |
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Eaker Robert E.
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| Bloomington, Indiana : , : Solution Tree Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A new way : introducing higher education to professional learning communities at work / / Robert Eaker, Debra Sells
| A new way : introducing higher education to professional learning communities at work / / Robert Eaker, Debra Sells |
| Autore | Eaker Robert E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Solution Tree Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 378.1/2 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Professional learning communities - United States
College teachers - In-service training - United States Educational leadership - United States Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States |
| ISBN | 1-942496-30-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Enhancing student success with the promise of professional learning communities -- ch. 2. The journey from student access to student success -- ch. 3. Leading cultural change -- ch. 4. Enhancing student success through a commitments-driven university -- ch. 5. Capturing the power of collaborative teaming -- ch. 6. Enhancing student success in a culture of continuous improvement -- ch. 7. Bridging the rhetoric-reality gap : helping more students succeed, as if we really mean it -- ch. 8. Improving student retention and graduation rates : the undergraduate experience -- ch. 9. Overcoming barriers : roadblocks, detours, and occasional breakdowns -- Epilogue : a new normal. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819061603321 |
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Eaker Robert E.
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| Bloomington, Indiana : , : Solution Tree Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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