Synopses & Reviews
This collection of original essays brings to center stage new ideas about who shares--and will share--in governing colleges and universities. The chapters cover a range of issues. Part One surveys the evolution of academic governance, from the middle ages to the present. Part Two offers theoretical perspectives on the unique structures and dynamics of academic organizations, including fresh insights into the complexity and diversity of higher education. Part Three examines the changing place of faculty in governance--and challenges to the traditional notions of the professiorate's role in running the institution. Part Four looks at developments in unionization, changes in management styles and participation, and the impact of grievance systems on academic organizations. Part Five considers a range of external forces on the quality of governance, including relations between campus and alumni, donors, and political entities.
About the Author
JACK H. SCHUSTER is professor of education and public policy, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California.LYNN H. MILLER is Professor of Political Science at Temple University.
Table of Contents
Preface / Jack H. Schuster and Lynn H. Miller -- Academic governance : an evolutionary perspective / Walter P. Metzger -- Leadership and followership : the cybernetics of university governance / Robert Birnbaum -- Governance and aspiration : leading the diversity of American higher education / Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr. -- Principals and agents in campus governance / Kathryn Mohrman -- Governance and the changing faculty condition / Jack H. Schuster -- Faculty professionalism : the responsibilities of shared governance / Lynn H. Miller -- The role of faculty in campus governance / Patricia R. Plante -- Shotgun marriage : the growing connection between academic management and faculty governance / George Keller -- Governance, faculty unions, and the changing workplace / Irwin H. Polishook and Robert M. Nielsen.