The shifting frontiers of academic decision making : responding to new priorities, following new pathways / edited by Peter D. Eckel. - Westport, CT : Praeger, 2006. - x, 154 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The challenges facing academic decision making : contemporary issues and steadfast structures / Centers, institutes, and academic decision making : addressing "suburban sprawl" through strategies for "smart growth" / Charging into the market : governance challenges created by the fit and fitness of commercial activities / The shared decision making in shared programs : the challenges of interinstitutional academic programs / The tenuous legitimacy of ad hoc decision-making committees / Beyond the yearbook, homecoming, and Greek week : a new insider-outsider paradigm of student involvement in institutional decision making / Technology and its impact on campus decision making : asking new questions and raising more complications / Activist trustees in the university : reconceptualizing the public interest / Peter D. Eckel and Adrianna Kezar -- William T. Mallon -- Jared Bleak -- Peter D. Eckel -- Matthew Hartley and Simi R. Wilhelm Shah -- Adrianna Kezar -- Dennis J. Gayle -- Michael N. Bastedo.

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Universities and colleges--Administration.
Educational leadership.
Decision making.

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