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Author:

Walvoord, Barbara E. Fassler, 1941-

Title:

Academic departments : how they work, how they change / Barbara E. Walvoord, Anna K. Carey, Hoke L. Smith, Suzanne W. Soled, Philip K. Way, Debbie Zorn.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xi, 143 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Universities and colleges--United States--Departments.

Other Authors:

ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education.
Association for the Study of Higher Education.
George Washington University. Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Notes:

"Prepared by Jossey-Bass in cooperation with ERIC/HE, ASHE, The George Washington University." Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-117) and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction -- Assessing the pressures for departmental change -- Examining values in the department -- The discipline and the department -- Departmental relations with central administration -- Departmental organization, decision making, and interaction -- Departmental leadership -- Departmental work, faculty roles, and rewards -- Conclusions: departmental change.

Series:

ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v.27, no.8

ISBN:

9780787957148
0787957143

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47133852

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)