Strategic Leadership in Academic Affairs: Clarifying the Board's Responsibilities

What are the board's appropriate responsibilities for academic programs? This incomparable volume interweaves key data points on critical academic issues, material case studies, board practice, and attitudes about board responsibilities for academic affairs into a fascinating yet practical guide to the business of learning that no veteran committee member or new trustee can afford to miss.

Contents:

• Introduction: Season of Hope, Winter of Discontent
• The Culture of Academic Decision Making
• Teaching and Learning in an Era of Transformation
• Strategic Structure and Evaluation of Academic Programs
• Strategic Analysis of the Academic Budget
• Dynamics of Trustee Responsibility
• Faculty Responsibilities and Tenure and Appointment Policies
• The Academic Affairs Committee
• Bibliography, Appendices, and Index