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Pearce, Joshua – Tertiary Education and Management, 2016
University tuition fees and student debt have risen in part due to rapid expansion of university administration compensation. This study provides a novel methodology for detecting inappropriate executive compensation within universities. The usefulness of academic ideas is openly ranked using the h-index. By comparing the ratio of academic…
Descriptors: College Administration, Administrators, Compensation (Remuneration), State Universities
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Starr, Gary E.; Henry, Roderick; Kolnick, Jeff – Academe, 2009
This January, the Inter Faculty Organization, the union representing nearly 3,300 faculty members at the seven Minnesota state universities, took the unusual step of making an offer that broke dramatically with past practice and with typical union negotiating. The Minnesota faculty offered to accept a pay freeze while holding current contract…
Descriptors: State Universities, Unions, Faculty Organizations, Collective Bargaining
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, St. Paul. – 1994
This report provides recommendations on models of governance for Minnesota state colleges and universities under the unified system of public higher education administration initiated in 1991. It also outlines the guiding principles behind the consolidation efforts. The report recommended that: (1) 10 technical and community colleges and campuses…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, Community Colleges, Consolidated Schools
Minnesota Planning, St. Paul. – 1996
This paper addresses the relationship between economic development and higher education in Minnesota, focusing on how vocational institutions will meet the increasing demand for skilled workers, how research institutions will improve the transfer of new technology to business, and how higher education institutions can create better links between…
Descriptors: College Administration, Early Childhood Education, Economic Development, Economic Impact
McDonald, Jean Graves – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1995
The paper presents an overview and analysis of the selection process of public college and university trustees and regents, examining the experiences of three states--Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Kentucky which use screening committees to assist governors in the selection of regents. The discussion also covers two statewide trustee orientation…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, College Administration, Collegiality, Evaluation Criteria
Collier, Douglas J., Ed. – 1980
Papers concerning higher education planning and management in the 1980s that were contributed to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems competition for the Planning and Financing Program are presented. The papers, submitted by administrators, researchers, and a student, are as follows: "Faculty Reallocation: Plattsburgh…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty