Screen LibraryLocus of authority : the evolution of faculty roles in the governance of higher education /
"Locus of Authority argues that every issue facing today's colleges and universities, from stagnant degree completion rates to worrisome cost increases, is exacerbated by a century-old system of governance that desperately requires change. While prior studies have focused on boards of trus...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Locus of Authority argues that every issue facing today's colleges and universities, from stagnant degree completion rates to worrisome cost increases, is exacerbated by a century-old system of governance that desperately requires change. While prior studies have focused on boards of trustees and presidents, few have looked at the place of faculty within the governance system. Specifically addressing faculty roles in this structure, William G. Bowen and Eugene M. Tobin ask: do higher education institutions have what it takes to reform effectively from within? Bowen and Tobin use case studie |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 380 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical reference and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691166421 (hardback) : |
| Index Number: | LB2331 |
| CLC: | G649.712.8 |
| Call Number: | G649.712.8/B786-1 |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix -- 1. Introduction 1 -- 2. Historical Overview, Part 1--From the Beginnings to World War II 13 -- Antecedents in Europe and Colonial America 14 -- The Emergence of the Research University 27 -- Control of Faculty Personnel Decisions--and Issues of Academic Freedom 34 -- World War I and the Interwar Years 45 -- 3. Historical Overview, Part 2--World War II to the Present 67 -- World War II and the Growth of Sponsored Research 68 -- The "Red Scare" and the Loyalty Oath Controversies 70 -- The Explosive Expansion of Higher Educat |