Pierce Governance Reconsidered

How Boards, Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrive
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-73857-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Revamp senior administration organization for more effectivegovernance
Governance Reconsidered: How Boards, Presidents,Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrivetakes an in-depth look at the current practice of governance inhigher education and explores solutions for more effectivefunctioning. Written by a former college president, the bookprovides an insider's perspective on the growing tensions aroundthe traditional shared governance model and identifies the keychallenges facing trustees, presidents, senior administrators, andfaculty.
Traditional shared governance operations are typicallytime-consuming, process-laden, and slow to respond to the internaland external forces acting upon modern educational institutions.Higher education is facing increasing political and economicpressure, and senior administration frequently needs theflexibility to make institutional decisions quickly. Using recentpublic scandals as examples, Governance Reconsideredillustrates how the tension between the need for timely decisionsand action versus the importance of mission and academic quality iscreating a dramatic systemic problem. The book provides practicaladvice on the issues at the heart of the matter, including:
* The nature and pace of change on campus, including thepressures facing higher education
* Clarity about the roles and responsibilities of trustees, thepresident, and the faculty
* The campus community's role in decision-making activities
* How thriving universities can govern collaboratively
The book also addresses the brand new challenges that affecthigher education governance, including MOOCs, online learning, andrising questions about value and cost. Campus leaders must worktogether effectively to boost higher education, and GovernanceReconsidered contains the questions and answers integral toimplementing effective governance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierce, Susan R.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Trachtenberg, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
About the Author xxv
1. Shared Governance: Its History and Its Challenges1
The Pressures on Shared Governance 3
Differences in How Shared Governance Has Been Practiced 6
The History of Shared Governance 7
Differences over the Nature and Pace of Change 13
Pressures on Trustees, Presidents, and Faculty to Change 23
2. The Impact of Financial Pressures on Governance 25
The Causes of Financial Pressures 26
Efforts to Control Tuition and Limit Growing Financial Aid33
The Dangers of Business as Usual in Times of Budget Problems37
A Successful, Proactive Approach to Financial Pressures 42
3. The Impact on Governance of Contingent
Faculty, Online Learning, and MOOCs 45
Reliance on Contingent Faculty Affects Governance 46
Online Courses and MOOCs 58
4. The Impact on Governance of Questions About HigherEducation's Value and Cost 69
Higher Education Is Vulnerable to Criticism 70
Claims That Colleges Are Failing to Educate Students 75
Elected Officials Seek to Influence Higher Education 78
Trustees Are Assuming More Activist Roles 87
5. Cautionary Tales: Protests of Presidential Actions andLessons for Shared Governance 89
Chief Financial Officers Seek Academic Cost Reductions 90
Recommendations for Presidents 109
6. Cautionary Tales: Faculty Failures and Recommendations forCollaboration 123
Case Studies: Faculties That Resist Administrative Decisions125
Recommendations for Faculty Members 141
7. Cautionary Tales: Boards That Fail to Fulfill TheirFiduciary Responsibilities and Recommendations for Changes153
Examples of Boards Failing to Provide Oversight 154
Lessons Learned 167
Recommendations for Boards 167
The Complexity of Terminating a President 169
Recommendations for Boards That Are Confronted with ConcernsAbout Presidential Performance 170
8. Exemplary Tales: Successful Presidents 185
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County 188
Kettering University 191
American International College 194
Pitzer College 197
Commonalities 199
Resources 201
References 203
Index 215

Über Autor(innen)

SUSAN RESNECK PIERCE is president emerita of theUniversity of Puget Sound. As president of SRP Consulting, sheadvises colleges and universities on planning, effective board andpresidential performance, board development, governance, andfundraising. She is the author of On Being Presidential: A Guidefor College and University Leaders (Jossey-Bass, 2012).