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Zemsky, Robert, Ed. – Policy Perspectives, 1996
This article grew out of a roundtable of national leaders in higher education which explored the role of the academic department in serving as both a force for institutional change and a link to the scholarly world of disciplinary knowledge and practice. The essay argues that the principal threat to the academy is its own fragmentation, with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Role
Peer reviewedHohendahl, Peter Uwe – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Both declining second-language enrollments in colleges and universities and the rapid metamorphosis of higher education are linked to the end of the Cold War. The strong state as the protector of the university's relative independence has ended, and the business sector is the new standard for measuring performance. In this context, German…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Declining Enrollment, Departments
