Sustaining Change In Universities - Brossura

Clark, Burton.R.

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ISBN 10: 0335215904 ISBN 13: 9780335215904

Casa editrice: Open University Press, 2004

Riassunto

A lifeline for universities meetingthe challenges of the 21st century

Prominent thinker Burton R. Clark addresseswhat can be done to ensure universities are wellpositioned to meet the challenges of the fastmovingworld of the 21st century. This signifi-cant new volume draws on case studies of 14proactive institutions in the United States, theUnited Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Latin America,and Africa in the 21st century.

The international coverage underpins a fullydeveloped framework offering insight into waysof initiating and sustaining change in universities.This new conceptual framework shifts attentionfrom transformation to sustainability rooted in aconstructed steady state of change and a collegialapproach to entrepreneurialism. It contains keyelements necessary for universities to adapt successfullyto the modern world.

Essential reading for university administrators,faculty members, students, and researchersanalyzing higher education, and educationalpolicy makers worldwide, this book advocatesa highly proactive approach to university changeand specifies a new basis for university selfreliance.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Burton R. Clark is Allan M. Carter ProfessorEmeritus of Higher Education and Sociology atthe University of California, Los Angeles. Duringhis career, he has taught at five leading U.S. universities:Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, andUCLA. He has published widely on the nature ofuniversity organization and the realistic possibilitiesof reform.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Open University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0335215904
• ISBN 13: 9780335215904
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile