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Balch, Pamela M. – 1980
A study of purposes, processes, and results of faculty evaluation in higher education looks at court litigation and the criteria used--or not used--in evaluation: student evaluation, peer evaluation, and faculty qualities examined in courts (defamation of character, immorality, overt undesirable behavior, incompetence, lack of qualifications).…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Faculty
Readings, Bill – 1996
Historically, in Europe and North America, the university has served as the primary institutional reservoir of national culture. This book examines contemporary shifts in the function of the "University" as the inculcator within the nation-state of the concept of national culture, arguing that as the nation-state has lost its power as…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Cultural Influences, Culture
Peer reviewedLiu, Sandra S. – Higher Education Policy, 1996
Hong Kong universities' purpose has historically been to fulfill colonial labor force needs for economic growth. The 1997 shift in Hong Kong's sovereignty to China will bring changes in higher education's direction and philosophy, probably characterized by greater emphasis on scientific, technological, and cultural exchange with other countries…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Change Strategies, College Role, Educational Change
Direct linkBlake, Peter A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
The Commonwealth of Virginia overcame an environment of each institution for itself to craft an accountability process oriented around state needs.
Descriptors: Accountability, Money Management, Educational Change, Educational History
Mathur, M. V., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book contains 35 papers on varying aspects of the Indian university system and strategies for its renewal. The papers are: (1) "Introduction: Imperatives of System Renewal" (Ramesh K. Arora and Meena Sogani; (2) "The Universities and the State: Global Experience and Lessons for India" (Malcolm S. Adiseshiah); (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
Lewis, Lionel S. – 1993
During the Cold War era, when many institutions of higher learning sacrificed faculty in the face of political pressure, the Owen Lattimore case represents a situation where university administrators stood firm. This book explores what happened when pressure was put on Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) to punish a faculty member who expressed…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, College Faculty, Due Process
Download full textAssociation of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1983
Criteria for self-study for governing boards of public multicampus higher education systems are presented. For each criterion, questions are presented, along with three response options: "yes,""no," and "do not know or can not judge." A response option for judging the board's overall performance on each criterion is also included. The criteria are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Campus Planning, Check Lists, College Planning
Levy, Daniel C. – 1986
Major patterns of relationship between the public and private sectors in Latin American higher education are discussed. Three key evolutionary waves are identified that have led to three private-public patterns dominant in Latin America today. For both the public and private sectors, attention is directed to origins and growth, who pays and rules,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Centralization, Church Related Colleges
Gilbertson, Eric R. – 1985
The application of constitutional doctrines to controversies involving higher education institutions and legal theories emanating from the Supreme Court are discussed. The historical review covers academic freedom at colleges, or freedom from political interference of of outside intervention: freedom of speech or association in colleges and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, College Desegregation
Furniss, W. Todd, Ed.; Gardner, David P., Ed. – 1979
Leaders from government and the higher education community provide a philosophical but pragmatic discussion of such topics as curriculum, admissions, research funding, and financial support. Compiled from papers presented at the 61st annual meeting of the American Council on Education, this volume offers the viewpoints of 22 institutional…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, American Indians, Black Students, College Administration
Anderson, G. Lester, Ed. – 1976
A series of essays address the question: What can and might we expect of the land-grant system and values today and in the future? The essays include: what's ahead for the land-grant colleges (Ralph K. Huitt); the land-grant university, myth and reality (David Madsen); colleges of agriculture revisited (Henry R. Fortmann, Jerome K. Pasto, Thomas…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Blacks, Educational Change, Educational Policy
1977
A study was undertaken to assess the impact of existing state policies toward private higher education on enrollments, finances, autonomy, academic freedom, and other conditions of private institutions. The study included a survey of the presidents and their staffs of 230 institutions, site visits to 28 colleges and universities in five states,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Finance
Greer, Darryl G. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
Higher education governance structures are ineffective and new structures of "prospective governance" are needed for future success. Trends affecting higher education include financial scarcity, lack of government funding juxtaposed with the growing public demand for better services, and the competitive pressures of commercialization and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship
Masson, Jean-Raymond – 2002
The reforms undertaken in the vocational education and training systems and the public employment services systems of European Union (EU) candidate countries in the 10 years since the transition have resulted in the following achievements: (1) participation in upper secondary and tertiary education has increased and curricula for general education…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Decentralization, Education Work Relationship
Klinger, Donna; Iwanowski, Jay – Business Officer, 1997
A number of current issues and initiatives in higher education are highlighted, including impending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the need for advocacy of higher education in public policy arenas, a University of Florida program combining accountability and institutional autonomy, and institutional compliance with nonresident alien…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Administration, Educational Trends
