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Ideal for students, this book will form a solid foundation for courses in higher education, but it will be a welcome addition to faculty and administrators' personal libraries.

Trade Review
In authoring How Universities Work, Lombardi provides his expert, honest, and, at times, cynical treatise on the complexities of university management... The witty yet succinct treatment he uses to convey his message makes the book a quick read... The book will be a welcome addition to any faculty or administrators' library.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Quality Engines
2. Management
3. Critics
4. Characteristics
5. Teaching
6. Research
7. Faculty
8. Finance
9. Budgetts
10. Measurements
11. Quality
12. Managing Improvement
13. Support Services and Special Units
14. Regulation and Governance
15. Disruptive Change
16. People
Additional Reading: A Sampler
Index

How Universities Work

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 10 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9781421411224
      978-1421411224
      ISBN-10 1421411229
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      Educational administration and organization Educational strategies and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ideal for students, this book will form a solid foundation for courses in higher education, but it will be a welcome addition to faculty and administrators' personal libraries.

      Trade Review
      In authoring How Universities Work, Lombardi provides his expert, honest, and, at times, cynical treatise on the complexities of university management... The witty yet succinct treatment he uses to convey his message makes the book a quick read... The book will be a welcome addition to any faculty or administrators' library.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      1. Quality Engines
      2. Management
      3. Critics
      4. Characteristics
      5. Teaching
      6. Research
      7. Faculty
      8. Finance
      9. Budgetts
      10. Measurements
      11. Quality
      12. Managing Improvement
      13. Support Services and Special Units
      14. Regulation and Governance
      15. Disruptive Change
      16. People
      Additional Reading: A Sampler
      Index

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