Are University Systems a Good Idea?

Autor/in	Yudof, Mark G.
Titel	Are University Systems a Good Idea?
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 23, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Governing Boards; Administrative Organization; Management Systems; College Administration; Regional Planning; Organizational Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Regionalplanung; Organisationstheorie
Abstract	There are many different types of college and university systems in America--sometimes even within the same state. The system-level office of academic affairs in California, for example, plays a greater role in faculty appointments, promotions, and compensation than that office does in other systems. Some systems centralize legal services, facilities construction, and budget preparation, while others do not. Meanwhile, research on the subject is anemic, largely consisting of factoids organized by state. Few, if any, studies have evaluated whether their systems as they operate today are actually a good idea. In this article, the author states that the promise that higher-education systems would completely resolve the messy interplay among colleges, and between them and political leaders, has largely gone unfulfilled. But systems can be useful if system and campus leaders, and their governing boards, are willing to allocate authority in ways that add value to carefully delineated activities. Perhaps Larry Faulkner, a former president of the University of Texas at Austin put it best: System administrators should recognize that a system office is not a university, and campus presidents should recognize that theirs is not the only college in the system. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10