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Higher Education; Public Colleges; Accountability; Performance; Incentives; Educational Policy; Financial Support; State Aid

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The allocation of funds to public colleges based on performance criteria rather than activity or enrolment criteria is often described as performance funding. In the United States, performance funding policies have become a frequently used instrument of higher education accountability. The history of such policies, however, is a complex one, with some states implementing such policies while others discontinue them. This paper describes and evaluates the first and the longest-standing performance funding policy in the United States, one designed and implemented in 1980 and remaining in effect for over 25 years. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Leadership; Leadership Effectiveness; Ethics; Altruism; College Administration; Values; Accountability; Administrators; Colleges

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Written for college leaders at all levels as well as for trustees, this book engages the reader, via narrative and analysis, with the reflective and the practical knowledge essential to a constructive legacy. Leaders of colleges and universities hold in trust an enterprise of complex mission, governance, and outcome. Most will take office with accompanying media celebration of their past records and future promise. Each will exit with a legacy. A few will leave behind tragic legacies of defeated spirits, corrupted organizations, and shameful ethical records. We may hope for collegiate leaders who will leave behind faculty and staff talents of greater promise, worthy goals achieved in concert with faculty and staff, and value cultures that inspire curiosity, courage, and compassion. In this book, the author reflects upon the ideas, skills, and values that are essential to effective leadership. He illustrates how ideas and values are linked in the stewardship of one of our nation's premier organizational enterprises. The book is about constructing a leadership legacy that is both effective and ethical. Chapters 1 and 2 engage questions of leadership content and role, inviting the reader to consider the nature of the collegiate enterprise and the evolution of leadership role metaphors. Chapters 3-6 attend primarily to matters of knowledge and tactic in the leadership of colleges and universities. Chapters 7-10 explore important leadership values, with Chapter 7 serving as a bridging chapter that explores the power of high expectations as a motivational tactic. It also examines the counterpoint idea of remembering the darker and more destructive motives that some folks may exhibit. Finally, Chapters 11 and 12 examine questions of individual and institutional performance effectiveness. The afterword presents a retrospective reflection. An index is also included. (Individual chapters contain endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Leadership; Ideology; Administrators; Philosophy; Higher Education; Trustees; Accountability; Colleges; Universities; Institutional Mission; Values; Figurative Language

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American higher education is an enterprise of complex heritage, mission, and governance culture--an enterprise expected to serve as both cultural curator and cultural critic. Contemporary issues such as the call for accountability and the pressure of marketplace ideology present colleges and universities with a possible breakpoint change moment in both mission and leadership, as established policy and philosophic principles are challenged and leadership vision and values are similarly called to question. This article probes the particular effect of marketplace ideology on colleges and explores three metaphors of leadership role and value: the Servant/Exemplar Leader, the Steward/Trustee Leader, and the Artist/Designer Leader. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Governing Boards; Trustees; Accountability; Trust (Psychology); Participation; Population Groups; Integrity; Credibility; Audits (Verification); Leadership Responsibility; Institutional Evaluation

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Demands for public accountability have built to a crescendo over the past several decades, driving home the fact that governing boards have premier responsibility as guardians of a college or university's performance. But to what extent do higher education's many stakeholders hold common perspectives on the definition and purpose of accountability, the evidence required to ensure it, and the effectiveness of accountability policy and practice? This article discusses the evolving definitions of and some shared perceptions about accountability, and suggests some ways in which trustees can advance the strength of their accountability policies while simultaneously satisfying their responsibility to evaluate institutional performance. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Books; Colleges; Higher Education; Literature

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This compendium by four professors and longtime students of higher education lists what they regard as 100 of the most influential books about U.S. colleges and universities in the 20th century, although they cannot be considered "the" classics. Following the annotated list, these essays provide commentary: (1) The Changing World of Books about Higher Education (Cameron Fincher); (2) Searching for the Soul of American Higher Education (E. Grady Bogue); and (3) Selecting Higher Education's Greatest Hits: Commentary from the Cutting Room Floor (John R. Thelin). A title index is included. (SLD) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Accountability; College Athletics; College Faculty; College Students; Decision Making; Diversity (Institutional); Educational Economics; Educational Environment; Educational Finance; Faculty College Relationship; Faculty Evaluation; Governance; Higher Education; Institutional Environment; Institutional Mission; Organizational Change; Organizational Climate; Organizational Objectives; Politics of Education; Power Structure; Student Development; Student School Relationship

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This book seeks to describe broadly some of the important historic movements in the evolution of American higher education, and to explore some of its major philosophical principles and traditions, as a way to understand the issues that currently challenge higher education and to examine current efforts for reform and renewal. The book's 10 chapters center around the following issues: (1) "Portraits in Diversity: The Scope of America's Investment in Higher Education"; (2) "Purpose and Performance: The Evolution of Higher Education Mission and Goals"; (3) "Guardians and Governance: The Culture of Decision and Authority in Academic Life"; (4) "Competence and Conscience: The Challenge of Curriculum and Program Design"; (5) "Performance Accountability: The Evidence of Quality"; (6)"Forms of Finance: The Uses of Fiscal Policy"; (7) "Student Life and Development: The Mosaic of Student Influence and Involvement"; (8) "Faculty Role and Responsibility: "The Perceptions of Professorial Performance"; (9) "Academic and Athletics: The Arenas of Ideological and Physical Contest"; and (10) "Reform and Renewal: The Dance of Change and Tradition." (Contains approximately 300 references.) (CH) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Accountability; College Administration; College Environment; College Outcomes Assessment; Educational Quality; Higher Education; Management Systems; Moral Values; Organizational Climate; Organizational Theories; Peer Evaluation; Quality Control; Social Values; Total Quality Management

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Discussion of quality assurance in colleges and universities looks at theories and definitions of quality; four approaches to quality (traditional peer review, the assessment-and-outcomes movement, the Total Quality Management movement, and accountability and performance indicator reporting); the moral and ethical dimensions of quality; and ideals and design principles governing quality assurance. (MSE) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Administrator Attitudes; Administrator Role; College Administration; College Faculty; Conflict of Interest; Cooperation; Governance; Governing Boards; Higher Education; Interprofessional Relationship; Policy Formation; Public Policy; Resource Allocation; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role

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College faculty, administrators, and trustees must abandon the posture of blame and advance to shared responsibility. But they must confront two uncomfortable truths: some academics may not be able to sever self-interest in order to develop a new strategic vision, and trustees and public officials may be unwilling to examine expensive programs despite stated interest in resource stewardship. (MSE)

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Administrative Principles; Administrator Characteristics; Administrator Effectiveness; Administrator Responsibility; Administrator Role; Codes of Ethics; College Administration; Curiosity; Excellence in Education; Higher Education; Honesty; Human Dignity; Integrity; Leadership Effectiveness; Leadership Qualities; Standards

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This book outlines qualities of higher education institutional leadership and discusses how college administrators may bring about effective leadership based on honor, dignity, curiosity, candor, compassion, courage, excellence, and service. The chapters each describe and discuss one of the leadership ideals. Their titles are: "The Call of Honor,""The Dignity Test,""The Habit of Curiosity,""The Case for Candor,"" The Touch of Compassion,""The Question of Courage,""The Expectation of Excellence," and "The Servant Exemplar." Each chapter tries to link the conceptual and the moral elements of leadership in a set of design ideals whose power and effectiveness can be demonstrated both philosophically and empirically. It is argued that leaders are designers who have a special freedom and responsibility to apply their ideals in the practice and tactics of leadership. Further, effective leadership is a conceptual, moral, and performing art form in which ideas and ideals are tested integrated, and utilized in the performance. The book is aimed to aid leaders who have contended with moral issues of difficult demarcation, who have agonized over the guidance of their own conscience and the judgment of an opposing majority, and who have struggled to know what it means to answer the call of honor. Includes an index. (Contains 164 references.) (JB) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Accreditation (Institutions); Certification; College Outcomes Assessment; Colleges; Curriculum Evaluation; Decision Making; Educational Assessment; Educational Planning; Educational Quality; Guidelines; Higher Education; Institutional Mission; Universities

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This book offers a synthesis of practices and policies in collegiate quality assurance, examining a range of contemporary approaches that include accreditation, student feedback, professional licensure, college rankings and ratings, and other measures of academic quality. A quality assurance model is offered that links principles of good practice to a strategic unifying vision of quality. The strengths and weaknesses of each approach are evaluated as well as how each makes a contribution to academic decision making. Examples are provided from various colleges and universities to demonstrate how various institutions developed strategic and effective quality assurance programs. In addition, guidelines are given for all educators who wish to develop a superior program of quality assurance that is as unique as their individual campuses. Chapters include background information on collegiate quality and how it is defined and measured; the role of state agencies in both quality assurance and quality enhancement; and an examination of the ethical, economic, and educational factors affecting the leadership climate in higher education today. Contains 308 references and an index. (GLR) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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