The Higher Education Scene in America : Some Observations.

The Higher Education Scene In America -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Higher Education in a Free Society -- A. The Academic and Employability Missions -- B. Sources of Power and their Relationship to the Mission -- C. Online Learning and MOOCs as they Relate to the Mission: For-Profit Academic Institutions -- Chapter 2 Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power -- A. Moral Power and Implementing Decisions -- B. Power Centers -- C. Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power -- D. The Challenge of Achieving Consensus -- Chapter 3 The Academic Pecking Order and Unionization of the Academic Staff -- A. The Doctoral Degree and the Research Mission -- B. The Teaching Mission -- C. Staffing Profiles -- D. Academic Snobbery -- E. The Arts &amp -- Sciences and the Professional Schools -- F. The Power of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty -- G. The Empowered Faculty and Unionization -- H. Contingent Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants -- Chapter 4 The Budgetary Challenge and Fiscal Responsibility -- A. Importance -- B. Characteristics of a Financially Healthy University or College -- C. Budgeting for the Future: The NYU Case -- D. Balancing Revenues and Expenditures -- E. Mistakes to be Avoided -- Chapter 5 The Fundraising Challenge -- A. Fundraising as a "Calling" -- B. Fundraising as a Profession -- C. Lobbying as a Profession -- D. The Economic Environment and Fundraising -- E. Fundraising Guidelines -- F. Tips for Approaching Individual Donors -- Chapter 6 Other Aspects of Fundraising -- A. Enhancing Revenues through Executive Education -- B. Institutes and Centers as Fundraising Instruments -- C. Creating Other Resources to Support the Academic Mission -- D. Fundraising as a Source of Leadership Power -- E. Fundraising from Public Sources -- F. Endowments in Public and Private Universities and Colleges: Some Implications.

G. The Role of Endowments: A Challenge in Budgetary Policy -- H. A Comparative Analysis -- Chapter 7 Conflicts of Interest and Division I Sports -- A. Conflicts of Interest: Nature and a Guide to Policy -- B. Compensation Differences, Perceptions of Inequity, and External Markets -- C. External Markets: The Special Challenge of Division I Sports Programs -- Chapter 8 Service Functions: A Secondary Source of Threats to the Academic Mission -- A. The Need for Support Services: The Growth Picture -- B. Using University Support Functions as a Laboratory for Students -- C. Outsourcing Service Functions -- D. Unionization of Outside Contractors -- E. Some Examples of Service Functions -- Chapter 9 The University President: The Leader's Job is Critical -- A. The University or College President -- B. Achieving and Leaving Leadership in the Academy: Stepping Up and Stepping Down -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- A. The Criteria Underlying Judgment -- B. The Threats Revisited -- C. Epilogue -- Sources -- Index -- About the Authors.

Based on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today.

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