From the Book - First edition.
Machine generated contents note: Preface The Inspiration for This Book The Intended Audience The Structure of This Book Some Explanations for My Readers Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Shared Governance: Its History and Its Challenges The Pressures on Shared Governance Differences in How Shared Governance Has Been Practiced The History of Shared Governance Differences over the Nature and Pace of Change Pressures on Trustees, Presidents, and Faculty to Change 2. The Impact of Financial Pressures on Governance The Causes of Financial Pressures Efforts to Control Tuition and Limit Growing Financial Aid The Dangers of Business as Usual in Times of Budget Problems A Successful, Proactive Approach to Financial Pressures 3. The Impact on Governance of Contingent Faculty, Online Learning, and MOOCs Reliance on Contingent Faculty Affects Governance Online Courses and MOOCs 4. The Impact on Governance of Questions About Higher Education's Value and Cost Higher Education Is Vulnerable to Criticism Claims That Colleges Are Failing to Educate Students Elected Officials Seek to Influence Higher Education Trustees Are Assuming More Activist Roles 5. Cautionary Tales: Protests of Presidential Actions and Lessons for Shared Governance Chief Financial Officers Seek Academic Cost Reductions Recommendations for Presidents 6. Cautionary Tales: Faculty Failures and Recommendations for Collaboration Case Studies: Faculties That Resist Administrative Decisions Recommendations for Faculty Members 7. Cautionary Tales: Boards That Fail to Fulfill Their Fiduciary Responsibilities and Recommendations for Changes Examples of Boards Failing to Provide Oversight Lessons Learned Recommendations for Boards The Complexity of Terminating a President Recommendations for Boards That Are Confronted with Concerns About Presidential Performance 8. Exemplary Tales: Successful Presidents The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Kettering University American International College Pitzer College Commonalities Resources References Index .
