ERIC Number: ED267680
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Aug
Pages: 106
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Academic Renewal: Advancing Higher Education toward the Nineties. A Collection of Essays Based upon Presentations at the Conference on Academic Renewal Held at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, June 1983).
Waggoner, Michael, Ed.; And Others
New directions for higher education are discussed in 13 essays based on a 1983 conference on academic renewal. Six topics are covered: the challenge of renewal, organizational strategies for renewal, environmental contexts for renewal, curriculum developments, faculty renewal, and academic leadership. Titles and authors include: "Observations on Academic Renewal" (Billy E. Frye); "Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education: Opportunities for Optimism" (Howard R. Bowen); "Decline, New Demands, and Quality: An Institutional Agenda for Renewal" (Marvin W. Peterson); "Using External Information in Planning" (Richard B. Heydinger); "Academic Renewal and Public Policy" (Richard L. Alfred, Murray Jackson); "Disaggregating the Relationships between Government and Higher Education" (James L. Miller, Jr.); "Higher Education Linkages with Private Sector Business and Industry" (Harold McAninch); "Assessing Program Quality" (Robert T. Blackburn); "Liberating Education: Four Principles for the Curriculum" (John Nichols, Zelda Gamson); "The Faculty as a Renewable Resource" (Wilbert J. McKeachie); "Renewing Faculty Quality" (R. Blackburn); "Colleges and Universities as Workplaces" (Ann E. Austin, Z. Gamson); and "Academic Leadership: Some Personal Reflections" (Ernest L. Boyer). (SW)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning, Curriculum Development, Economic Climate, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Faculty Development, Financial Problems, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Industry, Leadership Responsibility, Liberal Arts, Program Evaluation, Public Policy, School Business Relationship, Teaching (Occupation)
University of Michigan, School of Education, Professional Development Office, 610 E. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259 ($5.00).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. School of Education.
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