The shifting frontiers of academic decision making : responding to new priorities, following new pathways / edited by Peter D. Eckel.

Other author Eckel, Peter D.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Praeger, 2006.
Descriptionx, 154 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAmerican Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education. ^A532177
Contents The challenges facing academic decision making: contemporary issues and steadfast structures / Peter D. Eckel & Adrianna Kezar -- Centers, institutes, and academic decision making: addressing "suburban sprawl" through strategies for "smart growth" / William T. Mallon -- Charging into the market: governance challenges created by the fit and fitness of commercial activities / Jared Bleak -- The shared decision making in shared programs: the challenges of interinstitutional academic programs / Peter D. Eckel -- The tenuous legitimacy of ad hoc decision-making committees / Matthew Hartley & Simi R. Wilhelm Shah -- Beyond the yearbook, homecoming, and Greek week: a new insider-outsider paradigm of student involvement in institutional decision making / Adrianna Kezar -- Technology and its impact on campus decision making: asking new questions and raising more complications / Dennis J. Gayle -- Activist trustees in the university: reconceptualizing the public interest / Michael N. Bastedo.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006015705
ISBN0275987922
ISBN9780275987923