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Gies, Joseph C.; Anderson, Wayne W. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
The roles of the board chairperson and president of a college or university and their joint leadership responsibilities are discussed in this pamphlet. The chairperson's primary role is to represent and symbolize the final legal authority, responsibility, and continuity of the institution. An important responsibility of the chairperson is to lead…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Gale, Robert L. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1978
Suggestions are offered on establishing an effective board of trustees for colleges and universities. The first step in improving a board must be review of the mission and status of the institution. Four steps in this process are to decide what is wanted and needed on the board, establish a search-and-recruit procedure, establish an orientation…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration
Williamson, J. Peter – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1981
Ways that college trustees can manage endowments are considered. It is suggested that endowment may be a key to survival for institutions facing serious financial difficulties. A frequently overlooked source of potential income is cash balances, which should be a concern of trustees, and one that should not be passed to professional managers. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, College Administration, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds
Dorsey, Rhoda M. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1980
The role of college trustees in institutional planning is considered with emphasis on the development of a long-range plan of the five-year variety. The analysis is also applicable to shorter-range planning and to the formulation of an annual budget. Trustees of private colleges must insist that planning be done, since, unlike the public sector,…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Evaluation Criteria, Governing Boards
Muller, Jane, Ed. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Background data pertaining to postsecondary education in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio are presented as part of a seminar on statewide concerns about the future of public higher education, which was part of an inservice education program. For each state the following is included: demographic and fiscal information, a description of the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Curriculum, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
Lavine, John M.; Lemon, Wallace L. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1975
Problems of collective bargaining for the University of Wisconsin (UW) system and proposed solutions are considered, based on the efforts of a task force representing the various components of the system. Background information and a summary of the conclusions and recommendations of the resulting 1975 report are included. Major issues include the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Radock, Michael – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1980
The college trustees' responsibility for fund-raising is outlined. Trustees are responsible for policy decisions that define the mission of the institution, that allocate development priorities to particular programs, or goals of the institution, and that provide the budget, the impetus, and the targets for a fund-raising campaign. Although…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Capital, College Administration
Ingram, Richard T. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1978
Approaches to planning, conducting, and assessing workshops or retreats for college trustees and regents are suggested. It is claimed that the most successful workshops or retreats are those that fit into a comprehensive strategy of board development, and that it is important to decide what needs to be accomplished and to involve the board in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Governance, Governing Boards
Nason, John W. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1980
Responsibilities of trustees that are common to all types of colleges and universities are examined. The following areas are addressed: (1) appointing the president, (2) supporting the president, (3) assessing the president's performance, (4) clarifying the institution's mission, (5) approving long-range plans, (6) approving the educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration
Weeks, Kent T. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1980
The need for college trustees and administrators to develop better procedures and management techniques to minimize potential liability to lawsuits is addressed. A trend for seeking judicial relief on campuses and suits filed against deans, trustees, and presidents, as well as the school, are noted. Trustees need to be informed about new…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, Church Related Colleges, Collective Bargaining
Mortimer, Kenneth P. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Issues concerning collective bargaining by college faculties, the bargaining team, and the board's role in bargaining are considered. Reasons why faculties want to bargain and principles that are pertinent to the transfer of the industrial model to the campus scene are examined. It is suggested that the board is the employer for private…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty, Contracts
Nelson, Charles A. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1979
Resources that are available to colleges and universities and the mode by which trustees can manage them are described. Resources of any type of college or university can be organized into the following four categories: funds; land, facilities and equipment; support staff; and faculty. It is maintained that resources cannot be managed without…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, College Administration
Download full textChait, Richard P.; Ford, Andrew T. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Issues concerning tenure of college faculty and the application of tenure policies on campuses are considered. Tenure decisions typically reflect evaluations of performance and judgments about potential. Minimum eligibility requirements commonly used and typical reasons for revoking an individual's tenure status are outlined. As defined by the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, College Faculty
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1980
Recommendations on how to improve the selection of trustees in private colleges and universities are offered. A basic underlying assumption is that the future and diversity of higher education in the United States are closely linked to the health of private institutions, and that the institutions are dependent on the competence of the trustees…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Board Candidates, Church Related Colleges, Codes of Ethics
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1980
Recommendations are presented on how to improve trustee selection in public colleges and universities. It is assumed that the health of public institutions depends on the competence of their trustees, that there has been an erosion in the autonomy of public governing boards, and that lack of diversity in board membership limits its perspectives.…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Board Candidates, Codes of Ethics, College Faculty
