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| Autor/inn/en | Donoff, Susan B.; Rosser, Vicki J. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Closing up Shop: Perspectives on the Departmental/Programmatic Elimination Experience |
| Quelle | In: Journal of Higher Education, 87 (2016) 2, S.272-299 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0022-1546 |
| DOI | 10.1353/jhe.2016.0008 |
| Schlagwörter | Higher Education; Case Studies; Strategic Planning; College Faculty; Organizational Change; Surveys; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Qualitative Research |
| Abstract | Departmental and programmatic eliminations represent a new paradigm in the history of American higher education. Hastened by a national economic recession and competing state funding priorities, public postsecondary institutions have turned to academic attrition as a solution to continuous budgetary shortfalls. As a means of addressing the lived experience of faculty members and department chairs, the following qualitative case study explores perceptions of implementing departmental and/or programmatic eliminations. Utilizing uncertainty reduction theory as a conceptual framework, interviewed faculty in units that were initially selected for elimination, but eventually saved, experienced considerable strategic uncertainty, failing to understand why they had been included within a budget reduction proposal. Guided by a college-wide strategic planning process, faculty in eliminated units understood the rationale for abolishing departments, though they experienced considerable structural uncertainty in terms of adjusting to a new, nonacademic reporting structure. These findings indicate that a transparent strategic planning process diminishes strategic uncertainty, while the elimination of traditional departmental structures heightens structural uncertainty. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2020/1/01 |
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