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Direct linkWhite, Susan C.; Glickman, Theodore S. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
This chapter, drawing from the previous chapters, synthesizes potential directions and implications of future innovation in higher education. The focus is on innovation to address critical issues that administrators face today: the adaptability, maturity, cost structure, and efficiency of the institution.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Program Costs, Efficiency
Backoff, Robert W.; Mitnick, Barry M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1981
Applications of the systems approach in the form of systems technologies are seen as having a mixed record in the management of universities. Some of the major issues challenging the general systems approach are reviewed. An incentive systems model is presented. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Incentives, Models
Kirwan, William E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
As an enterprise that relies heavily on state funding, public higher education has long seen its support rise and fall with the boom-and-bust cycle of the economy. This chapter examines how the University System of Maryland repositioned itself as a state system able to thrive in an era of permanently diminished resources and perpetually escalating…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Organizational Theories, Organizational Change, Cost Effectiveness
Babey, Evelyn R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
According to any accounting method, ERP investments are among the largest single concentrated investments in dollars and human resources ever made by higher education in any area.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Technology Planning, Program Budgeting
Gorr, William; Hossler, Don – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
The importance and attention given to information systems are relatively new phenomena in the history of higher education. This chapter documents the ascendancy of information systems in the scheme of institutional priorities and considers the strengths and weaknesses associated with vended and homegrown systems.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Systems Development, Management Systems
House, Ernest R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1982
Different approaches to evaluation are described: systems analysis, behavioral objectives, professional review, and case study. For an evaluation system to operate, it must be perceived as being fair; the legitimacy of evaluation is dependent on the issue of fairness. (MLW)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, College Programs, Decision Making
Harvey, Thomas R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1975
Observing that conventional approaches to institutional solvency through staff reductions or alterations have not been very effective, the author advocates an organizational development approach to the student-faculty ratio dilemma. A systematic staff analysis plan is outlined and its advantages and disadvantages compared to the conventional…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Organizational Development
