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The Art and Politics of Academic Governance
Relations among Boards, Presidents, and Faculty
 Series: ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education
 By Kenneth P. Mortimer and Colleen O'Brien Sathre

0-275-98478-8/978-0-275-98478-6

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.

Reviews:
-The shared governance model of administrators, boards, and faculty as equal partners does not always jibe with the realities of academic decision-making. After introducing the external and internal forces affecting the art of governance, Mortimer and Sathre treat such often controversial major issues as institutional planning and resource allocation, tuition-setting, multi-campus relationships, and program closure. E.g., one case study examines conflicts when a program of study is viewed as both a faculty and corporate responsibility. —Reference & Research Book News
Endorsement From Robert Birnbaum Professor Emeritus of Higher Education University of Maryland, College Park
This well-written primer on the politics of institutional governance reminds us why process is as important as substance in academic decision making. The book emphasizes contemporary issues, the current bibliography will help bring readers up to date on the governance literature, and the several real-life cases illustrate how the best laid plans of academics, as well as mice, can easily go awry.
Endorsement From Stanley O. Ikenberry Past-President, American Council on Education President Emeritus, University of Illinois
Ken Mortimer and Colleen Sathre make The Art and Politics of Academic Governance come alive. They argue that to survive, trustees, faculty leaders, academic administrators, and policy makers need to be market smart, mission centered, and politically savvy. How to do that is the challenge, and here the book is at its best as it weaves together high stakes governance struggles with a remarkable command of the scholarly literature. For students of academic governance and practitioners alike, this book is a real find.
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