Governing Academia

Who is in Charge at the Modern University?

Ronald G Ehrenberg editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Published:19th Aug '05

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Public concern over sharp increases in undergraduate tuition has led many to question why colleges and universities cannot behave more like businesses and cut their costs to hold tuition down. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and his coauthors assert that understanding how academic institutions are governed provides part of the answer.

Factors that influence the governance of academic institutions include how states regulate higher education and govern their public institutions; the size and method of selection of boards of trustees; the roles of trustees, administrators, and faculty in shared governance at campuses; how universities are organized for fiscal and academic purposes; the presence or absence of collective bargaining for faculty, staff, and graduate student assistants; pressures from government regulations, donors, insurance carriers, athletic conferences, and accreditation agencies; and competition from for-profit providers.

Governing Academia, which covers all these aspects of governance, is enlightening and accessible for anyone interested in higher education. The authors are leading academic administrators and scholars from a wide range of fields including economics, education, law, political science, and public policy.

Governing Academia offers a multidisciplinary perspective on governance issues in American higher education that is valuable to both researchers and practitioners in the field. The book has wide appeal and it forced me to consider many new topics and impending issues in higher education.

-- Debra A. Barbezat * Journal of Economic Literature *

Although US-focused, the book's analyses and discussions could be generalized to higher education governance elsewhere, particularly given the increasing internationalism of the sector.

* The Bullet

ISBN: 9780801472824

Dimensions: 235mm x 155mm x 21mm

Weight: 907g

336 pages