Restructuring: Imperatives and Opportunities for Academic Leaders.

Gumport, Patricia J.

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ERIC Number: EJ629683

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Restructuring: Imperatives and Opportunities for Academic Leaders.

Gumport, Patricia J.

Innovative Higher Education, v25 n4 p239-51 Sum 2001

Offers critical reflection on higher education's past, describing some macro trends affecting public higher education in the United States and the responses by public research universities in particular. Briefly considers how technological innovations may reshape the academic future, and concludes with suggestions for how campus leaders might respond to contemporary pressures. (EV)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Leaders, Public Colleges, Research Universities, Technological Advancement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special theme issue: "Academic Leadership and Organizational Change." Earlier version presented as a keynote address at the University of Georgia's conference on the research university of the future (Athens, GA, January 12, 2000).