| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 343 pages) |
| Contents |
PREFACE -- ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITY -- Authority in Academia -- Authority Defined -- Acceptance of Authority -- Modulation of Authority by External Factors -- Delegation of Authority -- Rescission of Delegated Authority -- Responsibility and Accountability -- Chain of Command -- Organization Charts: Line and Staff Authority -- Authority in Agency Law -- University Type: Private or Public -- Obscured Limits of Authority -- Summary -- Notes -- SHARED AUTHORITY -- The Meaning of Shared Authority -- Consultative Authority -- Shared Governance -- Limited Rights to Consultation -- Jurisdiction of Shared Governance -- Breakdown of Shared Governance: Censures and Sanctions -- Refusal to Share Authority -- Failure to Accept Responsibility -- Summary -- Notes -- LOYALTY -- The Nature of Loyalty -- Loyalty Oaths -- Duty of Loyalty -- Loyalty to the Employer -- Familial Loyalty -- Political Campaign Contributions -- Political Endorsements -- Power Base -- Summary -- Notes -- LEGAL LIMITS OF AUTHORITY -- Legal Rights and Responsibilities -- The Constitution -- Due Process -- Deprivation of Life, Liberty and Property Interests -- Title IX -- Athletics -- Sexual Harassment -- Institutional Policies -- Exhaustion of Remedies -- Sovereign Immunity -- Charitable Immunity -- Qualified Immunity -- Summary -- Notes -- ACADEMIC AUTHORITY -- Academic Freedom -- Students' Academic Freedom -- Fundamental Limitations -- Freedom of Expression -- Faculty Criticism of the Administration -- Expression in Private Life -- Curriculum -- Religious Institutions -- Research Grades -- Conferring Degrees -- Revoking Degrees -- Summary -- Notes -- ADMISSIONS -- Authority to Admit -- Fundamental Constraints -- Discrimination -- Affirmative Action Admissions Programs -- Legacy -- Preferences -- Bribery -- Personal Favors -- Summary -- Notes -- STUDENT AFFAIRS -- Relationship with the Institution Authority over Student Life -- Honor Codes -- Disciplinary Actions -- Housing Room Searches and Seizures -- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act -- Summary -- Notes -- HIRING -- The Generic Hiring Process -- Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws -- Affirmative Action -- Institutional Recruitment and Employment Policies -- Imposed Hiring: Patronage -- Political Patronage -- Invisible Patronage -- Patronage Sanctioned By Policy -- Fallback Appointments -- Spousal Hires -- Summary -- Notes -- EXCEEDING AUTHORITY -- Exceeding the Limits -- Lack of Authority -- Apparent Authority -- Estoppel -- Promissory Estoppel -- Deliberate Exceedance -- Unintentional Mistakes Due to Inexperience -- Overestimated Authority -- Premature Assertion of Authority -- Summary -- Notes -- INTRUSIVE MANAGEMENT -- Questions of Competence: Micromanagement Over-Caution -- Organizational Change under New Leadership -- Intrusion under New Leadership -- Intrusion by Outgoing Leadership -- Intrusion through Fear of Retribution -- Legislative Intrusion -- Legislative Line Items -- Legislative Intent -- Gubernatorial Intrusion -- Governing Board Intrusion: Special Favors -- Summary -- Notes -- RESISTING AUTHORITY -- Disobeying Orders -- Passive Resistance -- Deliberate Procrastination -- Duplicity -- Strategic Procrastination -- Administrative Resistance: Lame Ducks -- Incompetence -- Decision-Making Delay -- Failure to Give Information -- Failure to Report Information -- Summary -- Notes -- TERMINATIONS -- Firing Personnel -- Collective Bargaining Agreements -- Contractual Termination Clauses -- Termination "For Cause" -- Incompetence -- Insubordination -- Breaches of Academic Integrity -- Moral Turpitude -- Wrongful Termination -- Alternative Dispute Resolution -- At-Will Agreements -- Progressive Discipline -- Constructive Discharge -- Substance Abuse -- Summary -- Notes -- CASE INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration.
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Authority.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Authority
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Universities and colleges -- Administration
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020738991 |
| ISBN |
9781442241787 |
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1442241780 |
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9781322889092 |
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1322889090 |
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