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Callan, Patrick M.; Honetschlager, Dean A., – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
This paper reviews the history of how trustees are selected to boards of public institutions of higher education and offers specific recommendations to improve the selection process. The paper notes a trend toward an overall decline in the effectiveness of boards and reports that the major factor identified in several recent analyses is the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Administrator Selection, Criteria
Callan, Patrick M. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
This report examines the historical role of statewide coordinating boards, most of which were established after World War II to help states deal with conflicting institutional political interests and values. While authority over institutional management remains vested in governing boards, statewide coordinating boards serve as alternative models…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Improvement, Enrollment, Federal Aid
Jonsen, Richard W.; Callan, Patrick M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1981
The role of statewide governing and coordinating boards to represent a statewide, public interest point of view within that structure, avoiding partisan politics and partisanship among educational institutions or interest groups is discussed. Three functions of the statewide postsecondary agencies are identified: planning, program and budget…
Descriptors: Budgets, Centralization, College Administration, Decentralization
Callan, Patrick M. – Trusteeship, 1994
Higher education and public policy leaders need to reconsider how and whether the multicampus form of organization can continue to be useful. Issues include whether multicampus systems respond effectively to social, economic, demographic, and technological change; real costs; vulnerability to political influence; how leadership functions; and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Demography, Educational Change
Callan, Patrick M.; Finney, Joni E. – 2003
This paper discusses the policy dimensions to increase the nation's educational capital by providing at least two years of education beyond high school for almost every young and working-age adult who is motivated and able to benefit. It focuses on creating multiple pathways resulting from collaborative efforts across educational sectors or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
Bowen, Frank M.; Bracco, Kathy Reeves; Callan, Patrick M.; Finney, Joni E.; Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; Trombley, William – 1997
This comparative study synthesizes data from a national study which examined differences among states in their governance structures, and asked if differences in performance were related to governing structures and whether governance structure affected strategies of state policymakers. The seven states examined were grouped into four governance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Callan, Patrick M. – 1975
Education has entered the age of accountability. Whether this phenomenon represents a new dimension or increased emphasis upon a long-standing tradition, the fact remains that the public and its representatives are now looking more frequently and more critically at higher education and demanding more evidence of performance and effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Callan, Patrick M.; Bowen, Frank M. – 1997
This case study part of the State Structures for the Governance of Higher Education study, focuses on governance and related issues in New York's higher education system. The study's overall purpose was to examine differences among states in their governance structures, and to determine if differences in performance were related to governing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Callan, Patrick M. – Chabot College Journal, 1979
Declining enrollments and fiscal stringency in the 1980's and 1990's must be met by a new management style if higher education in California is to maintain quality and meet the educational needs of the public. Unlike the situation in the 1960's and 1970's, higher education is now faced with a no-growth situation brought about by: (1) fewer young…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, College Administration, Community Colleges