Preface: Why Governance? Why Now?
Introduction: A Perfect Storm: Turbulence in Higher Education
Chapter 1. Going Global: Governance Implications of Cross-Border Traffic in Higher Education
Chapter 2. The Paradox of Scope: A Challenge to the Governance of Higher Education
Chapter 3. Faculty Involvement in System-wide Governance
Chapter 4. The Ambiguous Future of Public Higher Education Systems
Chapter 5. Governing the Twenty-first-Century University: A View from the Bridge
Chapter 6. A Growing Quaintness: Traditional Governance in the Markedly New Realm of U.S. Higher Education
Chapter 7. University Governance and Academic Freedom
Chapter 8. Improving Academic Governance: Utilizing a Cultural Framework to Improve Organizational Performance
List of Contributors
Index

In Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance, William G. Tierney brings together faculty members, administrators, and policy experts to discuss differing views of academic governance at institutional, national, and international levels. Topics include the effects of globalization and the prospect of international accreditation; balancing the entrepreneurial and philosophical goals of higher education; the interaction between state governments and public universities; and the conflicting interests and roles of boards of trustees, administrators, and faculty. Carefully weighing various models and strategies, this volume provides new ways of understanding and addressing the changes that are transforming higher education.

"The broad perspectives on university governance put forward in this book, relevant to all who are 'negotiating the perfect storm,' make it worthwhile reading."—Review of Higher Education

"This book arrives at an important moment in the evolution of university governance . . . The research and scholarship in this volume provide a detailed depiction of the challenges faced by governing boards and postsecondary leaders."—Journal of Higher Education