How Universities Work
Published on 10. January 2014
240 pages
978-1-4214-1123-1 (ISBN)
Description
The single best description of the inside workings of contemporary universities.
Witty and insightful, How Universities Work is destined to be an essential handbook for anyone wanting to understand universities in the United States. John V. Lombardi gives readers an insider's view of the academy, describing the structure, logic, dynamics, and operational styles of both public and private institutions of higher education.
Lombardi defines and describes all the bits and pieces that compose a university with remarkable economy-from budgeting systems to tenure, from the library to the athletic field. Although focused on research universities, much of the discussion applies to other types of post-secondary institutions. Ideal for students, this book will form a solid foundation for courses in higher education, but it will also be a welcome addition to faculty and administrators' personal libraries.
Witty and insightful, How Universities Work is destined to be an essential handbook for anyone wanting to understand universities in the United States. John V. Lombardi gives readers an insider's view of the academy, describing the structure, logic, dynamics, and operational styles of both public and private institutions of higher education.
Lombardi defines and describes all the bits and pieces that compose a university with remarkable economy-from budgeting systems to tenure, from the library to the athletic field. Although focused on research universities, much of the discussion applies to other types of post-secondary institutions. Ideal for students, this book will form a solid foundation for courses in higher education, but it will also be a welcome addition to faculty and administrators' personal libraries.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-1123-1 (9781421411231)
DOI
10.1353/book.27237
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John V. Lombardi
How Universities Work
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01/2014
Johns Hopkins University Press
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John V. Lombardi is a former president of the Louisiana State University System, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, president of the University of Florida, and provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a regular contributor to Inside Higher Ed.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Quality Engines
2. Management
3. Critics
4. Characteristics
5. Teaching
6. Research
7. Faculty
8. Finance
9. Budgetts
10. Measurements
11. Quality
12. Managing Improvement
13. Support Services and Special Units
14. Regulation and Governance
15. Disruptive Change
16. People
Additional Reading: A Sampler
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Quality Engines
2. Management
3. Critics
4. Characteristics
5. Teaching
6. Research
7. Faculty
8. Finance
9. Budgetts
10. Measurements
11. Quality
12. Managing Improvement
13. Support Services and Special Units
14. Regulation and Governance
15. Disruptive Change
16. People
Additional Reading: A Sampler
Index
