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ERIC Number: EJ168106
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Decentralization of Authority in Colleges and Universities
Ross, R. Danforth
Research in Higher Education, 6, 2, 97-123, 77
Research on 115 colleges and universities tests hypotheses about the relationships between organizational characteristics--including size, horizontal and vertical differentiation, complexity, and the qualifications of the faculty--and decentralization of authority in four areas: new departments, dean appointments, salary raises, and leaves of absence. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Deans, Decentralization, Departments, Higher Education, Power Structure, Statistical Data, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Salaries
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