Governing academia

• Other Authors: Ehrenberg, Ronald G. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press 2004
• Subjects: Educational leadership > United States; Universities and colleges > Administration > United States; Education, Higher > Administration > United States
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: 336 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780801472824; 0801472822; 9780801440540; 0801440548

Public concern over sharp increases in undergraduate tuition has led many to question why colleges and universities cannot behave more like businesses and cut their costs to hold tuition down. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and his coauthors assert that understanding how academic institutions are governed provides part of the answer. Factors that influence the governance of academic institutions include how states regulate higher education and govern their public institutions; the size and method of selection of boards of trustees; the roles of trustees, administrators, and faculty in shared governance at campuses; how universities are organized for fiscal and academic purposes; the presence or absence of collective bargaining for faculty, staff, and graduate student assistants; pressures from government regulations, donors, insurance carriers, athletic conferences, and accreditation agencies; and competition from for-profit providers