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The Art and Politics of Academic Governance: Relations among Boards, Presidents, and Faculty
Author(s): Kenneth P. Mortimer (Author), Colleen O'Brien Sathre (Author)
- Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
- Publication Date: 1 April 2005
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 0275984788
- ISBN-13: 9780275984786
Book Description
Academic governance is an art form that is inherently political in nature. This is most apparent when the big issues of the academy are on the table. In order to survive and be successful, given the external forces affecting their institutions, practitioners of the art of governance are urged to become market-smart, mission-centered, and politically savvy. Only by working in this manner can the key governance partners — administrators, faculty, and governing boards — hope to further the academic mission of their institution. Using case studies and relevant lierature, this book ilustrates the challenges to legitimate, shared-governance domains when the routine of the academy is forced to deal with big issues, often brought on by external forces.
Morimer and Sathre have gone beyond a discussion of faulty/administrative behavior by focusing on what happens when the legitimate governance claims of faculty, trustees, and presidents clash. They place these relationships in the broader context of internal institutional governance and analyze the dynamics that unfold when advocacy trumps collegiality. The book closes with a defense of shared governance and offers observations and practical suggestions about how the academy can share authority effectively and further achievement of its mission.
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About the Author
Kenneth P. Mortimer is President Emeritus of Western Washington University and President and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Hawai’i. Since 2002, he has been a Senior Associate at The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. He has been Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education and a Vice President and Vice Provost at Penn State. He holds an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Currently he is engaged in writing, consulting, and serving on boards. He resides in Bellingham, Washington.
Colleen O’Brien Sathre is Vice President Emeritus, Planning and Policy, of the University of Hawai’i, where she served the University system as the chief academic planning officer for more than 25 years. She managed efforts that produced university mission statements, and strategic plans, tuition schedules, university centers on neighbor islands, performance indicators, a reorganization of university information technology services, and numerous board and excutive policies. She holds a B.A. from the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is currently engaged in writing and consutlting and resides in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
