Prioritizing academic programs and services :

Dickeson, Robert C.

Prioritizing academic programs and services : reallocating resources to achieve strategic balance / Robert C. Dickeson ; foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry. - Rev. and updated. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010. - xxvi, 229 p. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series . - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index.

Recognizing the need for reform -- Identifying responsible leadership -- Reaffirming institutional mission -- Defining what constitutes a program -- Selecting appropriate criteria -- Measuring, analyzing, prioritizing -- Anticipating process issues -- Implementing program decisions -- Achieving strategic balance -- Resources : A. Outsourcing practices in higher education -- B. Sample process agenda adopted by a land-grant university -- C. Criteria for measuring administrative programs -- D. Case studies: excerpts from implementation plans -- E. Sources of hidden costs -- F. Model communication plan -- G. Prioritization process and implementation.

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Universities and colleges--Administration.--United States
Educational leadership--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.--United States
Universities and colleges--Administration--United States--Case studies.
Educational leadership--United States--Case studies.
Educational change--United States--Case studies.
Leadership--United States.
Needs Assessment--United States.

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