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Author : Burton R. Clark
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351483609
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Distinctive College written by Burton R. Clark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The factors contributing to the greatness of a first-rank liberal arts college are difficult to analyze. Hidden from view in the mysteries of tradition and institutional aura, the insistent questions remain: How has it been done? Can it still be done? In an intensive analysis of three highly regarded liberal arts colleges, Burton R. Clark uses a developmental approach to formal organization to seek out answers to these questions. The author begins with a presentation of the historical development of three colleges, Antioch, Reed, and Swarthmore. He describes in detail how broad institutional innovations were introduced and made to endure. He then carefully notes the unique events, special conditions, and unusual features that are the components of each institution's fabric. Each of the three narratives is guided by comparative categories, that produce analytical and theoretical insights into organizational development. From the above data Clark develops the concept of the "organizational saga" as the central ingredient in the making of the distinctive college. He explains this concept in terms of organizational role and mission, using the historical narratives of the first section to suggest the bases for the development of sagas. In its empirical findings and conceptual formulations, The Distinctive College, first published in 1970, has played an important role in the analysis and understanding of college culture in contemporary America. It is a study of leadership, as well as an examination of how values are realized in the everyday routine of participants in the life of educational organizations. It remains the premier sociological study of institution building in American higher education.

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Author : John A. Meacham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138535190
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Distinctive College written by John A. Meacham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Original Edition -- PART I ANTIOCH -- Chapter 1. Transformation -- Chapter 2. Embodiment -- Chapter 3. Adjustment -- PART II REED -- Chapter 4. Initiation -- Chapter 5. Embodiment -- Chapter 6. Persistence -- PART III SWARTHMORE -- Chapter 7. Foundations -- Chapter 8. Transformation -- Chapter 9. Conservation -- PART IV THE COLLEGE AS SAGA -- Chapter 10. The Making of an Organizational Saga -- Appendix 1. The Research Opportunity -- Appendix 2. Faculty Questionnaire Data -- Appendix 3. Student Questionnaire Data -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Addie Louise Joyner Butler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book The Distinctive Black College written by Addie Louise Joyner Butler and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark William Roche
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268101493
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Realizing the Distinctive University written by Mark William Roche and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Realizing the Distinctive University: Vision and Values, Strategy and Culture, Mark William Roche changes the terms of the debate about American higher education. A former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, Roche argues for the importance of an institutional vision, not simply a brand, and while he extols the value of entrepreneurship, he defines it in contrast to the corporate drive toward commercialization and demands for business management models. Using the history of the German university to assess the need for, and implementation of, distinctive visions at American colleges and universities, Roche's own vision benefits from his deep connection to both systems as well as his experience in the trenches working to realize the special mission of an American Catholic university. Roche makes a significant contribution by delineating means for moving such an institution from vision to implementation. Roche provides a road map to creating a superb arts and sciences college within a major research university and offers a rich analysis of five principles that have shaped the modern American university: flexibility, competition, incentives, accountability, and community. He notes the challenges and problems that surface with these categories and includes ample illustration of both best practices and personal missteps. The book makes clear that even a compelling intellectual vision must always be linked to its embodiment in rhetoric, support structures, and community. Throughout this unique and appealing contribution to the literature on higher education, Roche avoids polemic and remains optimistic about the ways in which a faculty member serving in administration can make a positive difference. Realizing the Distinctive University is a must read for academic administrators, faculty members interested in the inner workings of the university, and graduate students and scholars of higher education.

Author : Rita Yerkes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979041310
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enduring Vision written by Rita Yerkes and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald Carey Martin
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Total Pages : 318 pages
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Download or read book The Distinctive College Revisited written by Donald Carey Martin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : St. Lawrence University
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
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Download or read book Design for a Distinctive College written by St. Lawrence University and published by . This book was released on 1940* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dalton Reimer
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664125434
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Download or read book The Making of a Distinctive Church College written by Dalton Reimer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of a Distinctive Church College is a collection of essays that reveal the heart and soul of an institution of higher education in the making. The author, Dalton Reimer, has been a major contributor to this making as a participant-observer from its beginning in 1960 as a church-related liberal arts college, now university. Toward the beginning he contributed to the formation of The Fresno Pacific Idea, which has been the unique, central guide in the development of the institution. The story of the heart and soul of this making is told, beginning with a small faculty and administrative group of mostly recent college and university graduates during the challenging 1960s.

Author : J. Sullivan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401709882
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book Catholic Education: Distinctive and Inclusive written by J. Sullivan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How coherent is the claim that Catholic education is both distinctive and inclusive? This question, so crucial, both for the adequate articulation of a raison d'être for Catholic schools all over the world and also for the promotion of their healthy functioning, has not hitherto been addressed critically. Here it receives penetrating analysis and constructive resolution in a comprehensive treatment that integrates theological, philosophical and educational perspectives. The argument draws on wide-ranging scholarship, offering new insights into the relevance for Catholic education of thinkers whose work has been relatively neglected. The advance in understanding of how distinctiveness relates to inclusiveness is underpinned by the author's lengthy experience of teaching and leadership in Catholic schools; it is further informed by his extended and continuing dialogue with Catholic educators at all levels and in many different countries.