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1 online resource (68 pages) |
| Contents |
PREFACE -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- Figures -- Tables -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- A SNAPSHOT OF CUNY AND ITS COLLEGES TODAY -- FORMAL CHANNELS OF AUTHORITY AT CUNY -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK -- PROGRAM REGISTRATION -- INSTITUTIONAL POLICY APPROVAL -- INSTITUTIONAL POLICY APPROVAL: ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION: THE INFLUENCE OF THE REGENTS, PAST AND FUTURE -- THE CUNY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION |
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COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEESFORMAL FUNCTIONS OF BOARD AND CHANCELLOR -- THE DIVISION OF CENTRAL DECISIONMAKING AT CUNY -- ANALYSIS: THE DYSFUNCTIONALITY OF CENTRAL DECISIONMAKING AT CUNY -- CONCLUSIONS -- A VIEW OF THE COLLEGES FROM THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION -- THE FORMAL STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY -- THE CULTURE OF COLLEGIATE INDEPENDENCE -- THE FAILURE OF CUNY-WIDE ACADEMIC PLANNING -- The Goldstein Report -- The Response at the Colleges -- The Academic Program Planning Policy -- ANALYSIS: A RETREAT FROM UNIVERSITYWIDE PLANNING -- CONCLUSION |
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A view from the college presidents㜠officesthe formal structures of college governance -- analysis: procedural obstacles -- analysis: faculty entrenchment -- analysis: the norm of equality -- conclusion -- recommendations -- central leadership and local autonomy: accountability for outcomes -- the necessity for consensus at the top -- reform of cunyãœs external accountability structure -- methodology -- imputing sat scores -- bibliography |
| Summary |
This report, commissioned by the Mayor's Advisory Task Force on the City University of New York (CUNY), examines CUNY's system of governance and concludes that it is dysfunctional from the top to the bottom. Battles for leadership among CUNY's stakeholders have become increasingly rancorous. Lines of responsibility are tangled and poorly defined. CUNY colleges often act more like independent institutions than like complementary members of a system. Despite this independence, competition fails to lead to improvement, because incentives for institutional and individual performance are weak. Although many university systems around the country are plagued by similar structural problems, CUNY's problems appear to be especially severe. Policymakers are demanding improvement in CUNY's performance of its educational mission, but they should be aware that substantial improvements in educational outcomes are unlikely to be achieved and sustained without basic reforms of governance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
City University of New York -- Administration
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City University of New York -- Planning
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City University of New York. |
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Management.
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Planning.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780833043658 |
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083304365X |
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0833028227 |
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9780833028228 |
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