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Direct linkGregor Thuswaldner, Editor – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025
The role of the provost--the chief academic officer--has never been more critical or challenging. Tasked with overseeing the academic mission of colleges and universities, provosts manage a wide range of responsibilities, from guiding institutional strategy and resource allocation to navigating faculty relationships, student success, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Administrators, College Presidents, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedCramer, Sharon F., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2017
Building on the resources offered in the first volume of this series, this second volume offers governance members, leaders, and other academics valuable insights into the governance process in higher education. In a chapter drawn from his keynote address at the March 2015 SUNY Voices conference, Steven Bahls, president of Augustana College,…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, College Administration, Educational Policy
Sutin, Stewart E., Ed.; Derrico, Daniel, Ed.; Raby, Rosalind Latiner, Ed.; Valeau, Edward J., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
This book seeks to explore thematic and pragmatic applications of financing the community college to help facilitate educational reform, to assist efforts related to internationalization, and to create systemic support systems to maintain the mission. It includes chapters on a wide variety of finance related topics, and specific case studies of…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Community Colleges, Facilities Management, Adult Education
Download full textMiller, Richard I., Ed. – 1991
This book discusses the application of the Deming Management Method to higher education in order to improve the management practices and operations of American colleges and universities. The contributing articles are as follows: (1) "The Parable of the Red Beads" (Joseph A. Burke); (2) Constancy of Purpose for the Improvement of Product…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Business Administration, College Administration, Higher Education
Mingle, James R., Ed. – 1983
Findings of a Southern Regional Education Board study of management flexibility and state regulation in higher education are discussed in five chapters. James R. Mingle in "Management Flexibility and State Regulation: An Overview" outlines the scope of the study, which focused on administrators' and board members' views on management…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, College Administration, Educational Finance
Berube, Michael, Ed.; Nelson, Cary, Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers, based on an April 1993 conference at the University of Illinois, mixes theoretical reflection with practical advice concerning academic life in the 1990s. "A Report from the Front," by Cary Nelson and Michael Berube, introduces the collection. Part 1, "Professors and Politics," includes these papers:…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Instruction, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 1991
This collection of 12 essays addresses three themes related to the future of higher education: access, governance, and quality. The contributors represent teaching, research and management, universities, polytechnics, and colleges. The collected essays and their authors are as follows: "Reassessing the Future" (Tom Schuller);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Administration, Colleges
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, Willowdale. – 1981
Background information is provided on a number of conditions affecting Ontario's community colleges. The first section, dealing with financial issues, considers the college environment in the 1980s; examines the provincial government's perspective on priorities, the allocation process, government funding, and budgetary expenditures and trends; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgets, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
PDF pending restorationJohnstone, D. Bruce – 1990
This collection of five essays on public higher education in New York State treats challenges and conditions for public institutions during the current and continuing conditions of financial austerity. The first, "Productivity and Cost Containment: The Challenge of Public Sector Budgeting" looks at financial management and budgeting as…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Budgets
Honeyman, David S., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book examines the issues surrounding the funding of higher education. The book is divided into 10 chapters: (1) "The Financing of Higher Education" (David S. Honeyman and Megan Bruhn); (2) "The Value of Investments in Higher Education: Capturing the Full Returns" (Terry S. Geske); (3) "State Funding Formulas: Promise…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M., Ed.; Brawer, Florence B., Ed. – 1994
This collection of essays focuses on the administration of contemporary community colleges, including chapters describing the staffing and functioning of major offices and pertinent issues affecting each area of work. The 25 chapters of the book are: (1) "The Challenging Environment: Context, Concepts, and Crises," by Arthur M. Cohen and Florence…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), Budgeting, College Administration
Key Resources on Higher Education Governance, Management, and Leadership. A Guide to the Literature.
Peterson, Marvin W., Ed.; Mets, Lisa A., Ed. – 1987
Designed as a reference for both practitioners and scholars, this book describes the general development of governance, management, and leadership in higher education, and also outlines the evolution of particular issues, concepts, and literature within each of these three areas. Each bibliographic entry is numbered to provide cross-references to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Annotated Bibliographies
Jedamus, Paul, Ed.; Peterson, Marvin W., Ed. – 1980
A guide to the practice of institutional research and planning in American higher education in the 1980s is presented. Attention is directed to the impact of current changes in the external environment on higher education and implications of these changes for institutional research and planning. Topics include national issues crucial to the future…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning
