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Lindquist, Jack – 1978
Strategies for change in higher education are offered in an attempt to better cope with the changing environment facing higher education (i.e., diversity of students, declining enrollments, and retrenchment). Section I (Planned Change Theory and Research) examines strategies for change, the ivory tower image, and educational and organizational…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Black Colleges, Change Strategies, Church Related Colleges
Smith, Virginia B.; Bernstein, Alison R. – 1979
Based on extensive research, this book questions the benefits assumed to accrue from enlarging American colleges. The application of the industrial economies-of-scale model to academic institutions is challenged, since the purpose of academic institutions is not production but learning. Evidence is cited of hidden "diseconomies" of scale on large…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, College Planning, College Role
Sammartino, Peter – 1978
This book about the problems facing the president of a college or university is intended mainly for administrative personnel but may be of interest to college trustees, faculty members, and individuals interested in higher education. It is claimed that it is impossible economically to sustain the many non-educative activities that are borne by…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Books, Change Strategies
Jedamus, Paul, Ed.; Peterson, Marvin W., Ed. – 1980
A guide to the practice of institutional research and planning in American higher education in the 1980s is presented. Attention is directed to the impact of current changes in the external environment on higher education and implications of these changes for institutional research and planning. Topics include national issues crucial to the future…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning
