Includes bibliographical references and index.

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