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Book SynopsisThe Responsive University provides practical, real-world solutions for achieving high performance in colleges and universities.
Trade ReviewThe book's forward-thinking recommendations should provide useful guideposts as readers assess the challenges and constraints facing their own universities. -- Elaine El-Khawas Studies in Higher Education This book may startle some people... Definitely food for thought. Virginia Quarterly Review The deliberately challenging essays provide both compelling arguments and practical discussions of the implications of these arguments... Like Tierney's other works... this volume is well edited, well written, and challenging. Choice This book is about getting out of the box. It is about rethinking fundamental assumptions of higher education. To survive and thrive in the next century, colleges and universities will have to be responsive in the eyes of those being served. Future Survey Their critical, balanced guide to the for-profit sector presents a welcome antidote to the ill-informed hysteria that has greeted its arrival on both sides of the pond. -- Geoffrey Alderman Times Higher Education Supplement Of interest to scholars and students in education and social sciences, this text would also revitalize the entire university community's conversations on removing barriers for student access and outcomes. Recommended. Choice
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction. On The Road To Recovery And Renewal: Reinventing Academe
Chapter 1. Listening to The People We Serve
Chapter 2. Tenure Is Dead. Long Live Tenure
Chapter 3. Forming New Social Partnerships
Chapter 4. The Implications Of The Changed Environment For Governance In Higher Education
Chapter 5. Achieving High Performance: The Policy Dimension
Conclusion. The Responsive University In The Twenty-First Century
Contributors
Index
