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Book SynopsisPublic 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...
Trade ReviewGoverning 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 Bulletin *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
by Ronald G. EhrenbergI. Presidents, Trustees, and External Governance1. Presidents and Trustees
by James O. Freedman2. Higher Education Boards of Trustees
by Benjamin E. Hermalin3. State Oversight of Academia
by Donald E. HellerII. Internal Governance and Organization4. Darwinian Medicine for the University
by Susanne Lohmann5. Herding Cats in University Hierarchies: Formal Structure and Policy Choice in American Research Universities
by Thomas H. Hammond6. Tiebout Competition versus Political Competition on a University Campus
by John Douglas WilsonIII. Governance in Practice7. How Academic Ships Actually Navigate
by Gabriel E. Kaplan8. Collective Bargaining in American Higher Education
by Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Daniel B. Klaff, Adam T. Kezsbom & Matthew P. NagowskiIV. Challenges from Nonprofits and Nonlegal Legal Influences9. Nonprofit and For-Profit Governance in Higher Education
Brian Pusser & Sarah E. Turner10. The Rise of Nonlegal Legal Influences on Higher Education
by Michael A. OlivasConclusion: Looking to the Future
by Ronald G. EhrenbergAppendix
Notes
References
List of Contributors
Index
