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Peer reviewedParker, Jo Ellen – Liberal Education, 1998
At a time when collaborative leadership is much heralded in American institutional life as the antidote to discontent with power structures, colleges and universities have illustrated that shared governance is not inherently collaborative. The sense of common cause on campus should come from a shared knowledge base, concern with external…
Descriptors: College Administration, Cooperation, Governance, Higher Education
Petit, Lawrence K. – AGB Reports, 1986
The world of system chief executive officers (CEOs), including how their responsibilities differ from those of campus presidents, is discussed by the chancellor of the University System of South Texas. The system CEO's responsibilities include nurturing, leading, and managing. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration
Greenberg, Milton – Trusteeship, 1997
Notes the current system of finding new academic leaders for colleges and universities often brings delay and damage. Suggests an alternative method of leadership succession is needed. One proposed method would attempt to promote from within the institution; require recruitment by the appointing officer; involve faculty, students, and staff; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Selection, College Administration, College Presidents
Ingram, Richard T. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1996
The executive board of the college or university governing board has the central purpose of strengthening the board's performance by helping it function efficiently and effectively. Because the executive committee can undermine trustee morale by abusing its authority, the entire governing board must decide the extent of the powers delegated to the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Agency Role
Miller, Margaret A. – Trusteeship, 1998
The system of college and university governance that has created fine institutions is now inadequate. Institutions should consider restructuring their governance systems in ways that clarify authority and accountability. Faculty must commit themselves to responsibility outside their disciplines. Administrators and trustees must make difficult…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Agency Role, College Administration
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1989
Papers from the 17th Annual Conference present observations and analysis of how the power equation has, or has not, been altered by the introduction of faculty and support staff unionism. The first section on power relationships between professors and senates contains: "The Academic as Political Man or Woman" (Seymour Lipset); "Governance: Senates…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Governing Councils
Wessell, Nils Y. – Trusteeship, 1999
While conventional wisdom holds that higher education can learn much from business, the corporate world can also learn about leadership from the academy, including the practices of separation of power between the board chair and chief executive; collegial and less hierarchical organizational culture; performance reviews, common among academic…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Business Administration, College Administration
Stokes, M. Jean – 1984
The nature and extent of conditions or barriers that inhibit women administrators in their professional responsibilities and careers were studied. A questionnaire mailed to 241 women was completed by 168 women with executive, administrative, and managerial responsibilities in nine universities of the State University System of Florida. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Career Ladders, College Administration
Fretwell, E. K., Jr. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1995
These guidelines for college and university governing boards concern the selection of and relations with interim college presidents, and are based on interviews with 52 interim presidents, including some who have served in that position more than once, and 20 other college and university personnel in 20 states. An introductory section outlines…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Meabon, David; And Others – 1985
The past and current status of the student activity fee is reviewed from the perspectives of the legislature, state agency or state board of control, case law, and institutional trends. The analysis is based upon four national studies, a review of case law, and a campus model for the administration of student activity fees. Various states have…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, College Administration, College Students, Constitutional Law
Raisman, Neal A. – Trusteeship, 1994
If community colleges are to shape their own futures, leaders must address these trends: growing public skepticism of higher education; program downsizing to cut costs; increased sectoring within state systems; refocusing of mission on the economy and workplace; demand for developmental education; demographic shifts; and anxiety about the economic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges
