Governing universities : changing the culture? / Catherine Bargh, Peter Scott and David Smith.
By: Bargh, Catherine
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Contributor(s): Scott, Peter | Smith, David.
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BookSeries: SRHE and Open University press imprint: Publisher: Buckingham : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1996Description: 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0335195385 .Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Administration | College administrators -- Great Britain | Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspects | Educational change -- Great Britain | Educational surveys -- Great BritainDDC classification: 378.100941 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 378.100941 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085536 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In light of the descent of British higher education from its traditional elitist heights to the skirmishes of mass marketing, examines how the institutions are now being governed. Explores who governors are, how they conceive of their new roles, what they think about education policy, whether governing bodies have become more actively engaged in setting policies, and the extent to which the old culture has engulfed or fallen to the new. Also compares higher education with other public and private sectors and with education in North America and the continent. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-191) and index.
University governance: the historical and policy context -- Governance and management in higher education -- The governors: backgrounds and perceptions of higher education -- People like us? The selection and appointment of university governors -- Governing bodies: roles and organizational structures -- Processes of governance: roles and decision-making -- Key agents and relationships: vice chancellors and chairs of governing bodies -- Clashes of culture? Comparative perspectives on university governance -- Changing patterns of governance?