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"Fired With Enthusiasm"

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Spurr, Stephen H. – Change, 1976

Former president of the University of Texas (1971-74) details the conditions of his employment, his term of service, and his dismissal emphasizing the social and political pressures affecting academic governance and their negative effects on the general academic environment. (JT)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Governance

Performance-Based Funding in Higher Education: The Texas Case Study.

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Ashworth, Kenneth H. – Change, 1994

The performance funding approach mandated by the Texas state legislature and devised by the higher education coordinating board to appropriate resources to colleges and universities is explained, and the responses of institutions to it are discussed. Focus is on problems encountered and lessons learned. (MSE)

Descriptors: Financial Support, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Political Influences