How Colleges Work by Robert Birnbaum

How Colleges Work by Robert Birnbaum

"One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of universityacademic organization and leadership in print. This book issignificant because it is not only thoughtfully developed and basedon careful reading of the extensive literature on leadership andgovernance, but it is also deliberately intended to enable theauthor to bridge the gap between theories of organization, on onehand, and practical application, on the other." --Journal of Higher Education

"One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of university academic organization and leadership in printThis book is significant because it is not only thoughtfully developed and based on careful reading of the extensive literature on leadership and governance, but it is also deliberately intAnded to enable the author to bridge the gap between theories of organization, on one hand, and practical application, on the other."

ROBERT BIRNBAUM is professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches and writes about higher academic leadership and organization. He was previously vice chancellor of the City University of New York, vice chancellor of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He is also author, coauthor, and editor of numerous articles and books, including How Academic Leadership Works and How Colleges Work.

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ISBN 13	9781555423544
ISBN 10	155542354X
Title	How Colleges Work
Author	Robert Birnbaum
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	1991-07-15
Number of pages	288
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