Reengineering the University, 9781421422749
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Written for institutional leaders, faculty, board members, and policymakers who bear responsibility for initiating and carrying through on reform in traditional colleges and universities, Reengineering the University shows how, working together, administrators and faculty can improve education, rese…

Reengineering the University

how to be mission centered, market smart, and margin conscious

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    31 December 2016

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Summary

Higher education expert William F. Massy’s decades as a professor, senior university officer, and consultant have left him with a passionate belief in the need for reform in America’s traditional universities. In Reengineering the University, he addresses widespread concerns that higher education’s costs are too high, learning falls short of objectives, disruptive technology and education models are mounting serious challenges to traditional institutions, and administrators and faculty are t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421422749
ISBN-10:1421422743
Author:William F. Massy
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:31 December 2016
Weight:499g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

“This is a thoughtful book by an author who has a formidable range of experience with different formats for teaching… His arguments are tough, intricate, and demanding.”

Massy’s in-depth yet highly accessible analysis is a must-read for any academic leader. Academic Leader Massy has done an excellent job of explaining the interaction between the university budget, which creates the margin, or the financial return on investment, and the role of teaching and learning being core to the university mission. He spends considerable time helping integrate and resolve the two dimensions of mission and margin. Canadian Journal of Higher Education

About The Author

William F. Massy

William F. Massy, a higher education consultant, is professor emeritus of education and business administration and a former vice president and vice provost at Stanford University. The author of Honoring the Trust: Quality and Cost Containment in Higher Education, he is the former president of the Jackson Hole Higher Education Group.

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