Duryea / Williams The Academic Corporation

A History of College and University Governing Boards
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-68677-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten

Reihe: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

This book, the first ever overview of the subject, traces the history of the government of higher education from the middle ages through the 1950's and concludes with a look towards the future. It provides insight into the origins and progression of corporate organization associated with western universities, and explores whether and to what extent changing conditions raise the question of its obsolescence. It will be of interest to those who study higher education as well as the general public, governing board members, and professors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duryea, Edwin D.

Williams, Donald T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Preface
Foreword
Preface

1. Prologue
2. Medieval Origins
Precedents from Roman Law
The University at Paris
The Medieval Corporation
Formation of the Universities in England
3. English Antecedents
Primacy of the State
Royal Jurisdiction
The Colleges
English Law of Corporations
Transition to American Colonies
4. American Adaptations
Influence of the English Corporations
Reformation Influences
European Precedents
Conclusion
5. Governance of the Colonial Colleges
Harvard
William and Mary
Yale
Other Colonial Colleges
6. Corporate Autonomy: The Dartmouth College Case
Antecedents to the Case
The Corporate Context for the Decision
Legal Decisions Prior to the Dartmouth Case
The Case
Implications of the Decision
7. Foundation of an American System
Modification of the Dartmouth Decision
Expansion of Public Higher Education
State Foundations as Public Corporations
8. Governing Board Authority in Practice
The Control of Educational Programs
Faculty Relations
The Oversight of Students
Requirements for Educational Achievement
Financial Management
9. Conclusion: From Past to Future
The Past
Developments Since the 1950s
A Look to the Future

Bibliography
Appendix 1: Cases for Chapters Seven and Eight
Appendix 2: Founding Documents
Index

Über Autor(innen)

After two years as a newspaper reporter in Sacramento, California, and five years as a line officer during World War II in the U.S. Navy, Edwin D. Duryea turned his career in the direction of higher education, receiving his doctorate at Stanford University. In the years that followed, he held administrative and faculty positions at the University of Toledo, Oregon State University, Syracuse University, and finally, at the University at Buffalo/SUNY. As Professor in the Department of Higher Education at Buffalo, he attained a wide reputation in the area of his specialization, especially in the history of college and university governing boards.