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Principles of College and University Administration
$16.21
Lloyd S. Woodburne
Book
Principles of College and University Administration
$16.21
Lloyd S. Woodburne
Book
This is a reproduction editon from scan of the 1958 work. Considering the long existence of universities, it is surprising that so little has been written about college and university administration. Students, dormitories, accounting procedures, curricula, and athletics have all received their share of published material. But a careful study of the internal operation of institutions of higher education has almost never been made. Dr. Woodburne is an experienced educator and administrator, and he presents here a detailed analysis of academic leadership and planning, as they relate to areas of finance, public relations, personnel, curriculum, teaching, departmental administration, and research. The characteristics of effective leadership are defined, stressing the need for mutual respect and good faith between various levels, the creation and maintenance of smoothly functioning channels of communication which permit a free flow of ideas, and an understanding of the possible long-range effects of executive decisions. The author states two essential conditions for a successful partnership between faculty and administration: problems which arise must be considered objectively and without personal prejudice, and the administration must provide for the free dissemination of information concerning interdepartmental activities and decisions. Although this contention will be subscribed to by most, it is violated as often as it is observed. Conflicts which frequently arise between teaching and management are explored in discussions of tenure, promotion, educational priorities, and the role of department heads. The principal work of the college or university is performed by trained professionals, and its major product of an educated mind cannot be reduced to mechanical production measures. In fact,aside from typing and filing, the only routine mechanical operations of a university occur in the business office or in buildings and grounds activities. Everything else involves a teacher's concern for the validity of his subject matter, or value judgments on the part of administration. This volume will prove a useful and vital tool in the exercising of those judgments. Lloyd S. Woodburne is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of Faculty Personnel Policies in Higher Education. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original work: Title Principles of College and University Administration Author Lloyd S. Woodburne Publisher Stanford University Press 1958 ISBN080473366X, 9780804733663
