Prioritizing academic programs and services : reallocating resour ces to achieve strategic balance /
Robert C. Dickeson ; foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry.
- Rev. and updated.
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
- xxvi, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
- The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series .
- Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index.
Recognizing the need for reform -- Identifying responsible leadershi p -- Reaffirming institutional mission -- Defining what constitutes a p rogram -- Selecting appropriate criteria -- Measuring, analyzing, prior itizing -- Anticipating process issues -- Implementing program decision s -- Achieving strategic balance -- Resources : A. Outsourcing practice s in higher education -- B. Sample process agenda adopted by a land-gra nt university -- C. Criteria for measuring administrative programs -- D . Case studies: excerpts from implementation plans -- E. Sources of hid den costs -- F. Model communication plan -- G. Prioritization process a nd implementation.
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Universities and colleges-- Administration.--United States Educational leadership--United States. Educational change--United States. Universities and colleges-- Sociological aspects.--United States Universities and colleges-- Administration--United States-- Case studies. Educational leadership--United States-- Case studies. Educational change--United States-- Case studies. Leadership--United States. Needs Assessment--United States.