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The Community College Department Chair and Curriculum Leadership: Managing Learning and Learning to Manage
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Sweeney, Kathleen Jennings – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Dwindling resources, the challenges of providing postsecondary remedial education, and an environment that emphasizes outcomes assessment are realities that confront the community college department chair. The role of the department chair is particularly challenging in the community college context due to accountability pressures, fiscal…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Department Heads, College Faculty, College Administration
Financial Constraints in Higher Education: Using a Case-Study Approach.
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Michael, Steve O. – Studies in Higher Education, 1996
A survey of 70 faculty at 1 public research university investigated faculty perceptions of the impact of financial constraints on curriculum development, faculty development, and instructional technology at the institution. Responses indicated the faculty were both knowledgeable and concerned about the institution's fiscal situation, and had…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Curriculum Development
Opportunity in Adversity: The Case of Bradford College.
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Levine, Arthur – New Directions for Higher Education, 1985
Bradford College's experience with curriculum and administrative development in a period of extreme adversity is an example of how a new concept of mission can invigorate an institution while a survival mentality can weaken it. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Planning, College Role
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING.
DREWRY, GALEN N. – 1967
THE PAPERS IN THIS REPORT ARE THE MAJOR PRESENTATIONS AT THE SECOND CONFERENCE CONCERNED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM LEADERSHIP, SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. TWELVE SENIOR COLLEGES FROM ALABAMA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA WERE REPRESENTED. PAPER TOPICS INCLUDED--(1) "OVERALL INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, College Administration, College Planning
Educational Challenges of the 80's.
Carroll, Constance M. – 1980
Growing conservatism, dwindling resources, and the increased diversity of students require that the California community colleges develop a plan to meet the challenges of the future. First, efforts must be made to ameliorate the current crisis in educational leadership caused by excessive concern with quantitative management techniques, reporting…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
Leadership and the Politics of Innovative Change: Antioch College Under Arthur E. Morgan.
Newman, George Charles – 1981
Changes made at Antioch College, Ohio, during the early years of Arthur Ernest Morgan's tenure and factors that influenced these changes are examined. In addition, variables associated with the change period, such as Morgan's leadership style, the faculty and students, and the assistance of individuals outside the college are analyzed. To provide…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Academic Renewal: Advancing Higher Education toward the Nineties. A Collection of Essays Based upon Presentations at the Conference on Academic Renewal Held at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, June 1983).
Waggoner, Michael, Ed.; And Others – 1984
New directions for higher education are discussed in 13 essays based on a 1983 conference on academic renewal. Six topics are covered: the challenge of renewal, organizational strategies for renewal, environmental contexts for renewal, curriculum developments, faculty renewal, and academic leadership. Titles and authors include: "Observations…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Volume II.
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1986
Theory and research on the effectiveness of college operations are covered in 12 chapters. Current research on each topic is reviewed, with attention to conceptual and methodological issues, and an agenda for future research is offered. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "Transformational Leadership in Colleges and Universities" (Kim S.…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, College Administration, College Programs, Court Litigation