The State of Sustainability: AASHE Annual Review of Sustainability (PDF)
Master Plan 2009: Northern Kentucky University.
Private College Tuition Increases for 09-10 Lowest in 37 Years
According to the annual tuition increase study done by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the average 4.3 percent increase in tuition for next year among private, nonprofit colleges and universities matches the lowest increase ever measured, in 1972-73, the first year the report was tabulated. Read about it here: http://www.naicu.edu/news_room/private-college-tuition-rises-at-lowest-rate-in-37-yearsRelated: NAICU has a reporting page on "Enhancing Affordability" which includes a "New Affordability Initiatives for the 1009-10 Academic Year" listing with links to campus examples of such things as tuition reductions, tuition freezes, partnerships with community colleges, one-year commuter options and others. Labels: affordability, financial crisis, NAICU, privates, resource and budget planning, tuition
Desperate Measures: Talk from the NACUBO Conference (Boston)
A Good Neighbor
The new Dorrance H. Hamilton educational facility at Thomas Jefferson Medical College is downtown Philadelphia's largest infusion of green space in 50 years and the campus' first new building in 15. Town and gown considerations were important in its design. "Burt Hill was approached to design the new 135,000-sq.-ft. Dorrance H. Hamilton Building, an educational facility that would create an integrated classroom setting in order to foster a team environment among students. During initial discussions, the school strongly emphasized its need for campus identity. For years, the urban Philadelphia grounds had been scattered throughout several city blocks, which made it difficult to unite the campus. The lack of campus identity also made it hard to establish a relationship with the neighboring community. It was clear that the new space would need to be aesthetically pleasing, as well as functional." Read more here: http://www.peterli.com/cpm/resources/articles/archive.php?article_id=2228Labels: architecture, facilities planning, master planning, medical school, town and gown
Designing Choreographies for the "New Economy of Attention"
Federal Stimulus Bill: Chasing the Sun
This part of a continuing series of explorations of the economic consequences of parts of the federal stimulus package focuses on solar energy. "The U.S. Department of Energy is still in the process of choosing the projects that will receive loans and deciding how other newly available subsidies will be spent. But the potential windfall is already jump-starting plans for wind farms in the Midwest, massive solar plants in the deserts of southwest Nevada and southeastern California, and geothermal power plants in the Northwest."
Read more: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22833/Labels: climate change, energy, federal, policy, research, solar, stimulus, sustainability
Online Learning Produces Better Results Than Face-to-Face?
Naming Rights . . . for a Semester-Long Class?
Why Plan? Most Colleges Avoid Risk Management
Time to Close the College?
Let's Put Wind Turbines on the Heritage Building, and Illuminate Them!
Dueling Scorecards: How Two Colleges Utilize the Popular Planning Method
Why Is There a Capital Budget/Operating Budget 'Chasm'?
We really like the questions that Inside Higher Ed's anonymous sustainability blogger asks. (He, or she, will be at SCUP-44 in Portland, BTW.)
"The other thing that's important to realize is that the reason even the 'marginal improvement' question is being asked at all is because a relatively few folks, working through organizations like AIA, NACUBO, SCUP, and ACPA . . . have been asking questions which conventional thinking has a hard time answering."
Read more here: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/getting_to_green/don_t_know_much_aboutLabels: capital budget, capital planning, facilities planning, operating budget, resource and budget planning
Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: A Chat with Terry Hartle
A Grassroots Approach to Strategic Planning at St. Louis Community College—Meramec
The Power of Waste: Managing Technology for Abundance, Not Scarcity
What to Do While Your Building or Renovation Project Is On Hold
Many campuses will be postponing or curtailing new building projects and renovations due to the current economic climate, but the pressing need for newly configured, technology-enabled spaces has not gone away. This session will describe a number of low or no-cost strategies for moving institutions toward their overall goals for new learning spaces, particularly in libraries and computing centers, while waiting for the actual construction or renovation. In the process, these strategies may help campuses clarify what they hope the new spaces will accomplish, assist units in being able to implement new, user-driven services as soon as the new spaces are occupied, and forge new campus partnerships. Read on: http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=447&bhcp=1P.S. : Don't miss out on conversations with colleagues and peers at SCUP-44 in Portland. It's coming up fast! http://www.scup.org/page/annualconf/44Labels: computing center, construction, facilities planning, library
The Architecture of Amherst: The Past, The Future — And the Enduring Principles
New Book: The Community College Transfer Guide
We probably won't review this book, The Community College Transfer Guide, because it is aimed at students rather than professionals. But it seems as though professionals could learn a bit from it about the points of view of students trying to articulate what they've done at 2-years into 4-years.
"Community college is a bridge, but crossing that bridge is harder than one would think. "Community College Transfer Guide: What You Need to Know to Get Into a Four-Year College or University" is a guide for the community college student who is attempting to make that crossing. Success is very plausible with the right methods, and author Don Silver hopes to give readers what they need. Outlining the process step by step, "Community College Transfer Guide" is a guide that should be strongly considered for those in a community college, or even those entering a community college with intent to transfer later. "Community College Transfer Guide" is vital and highly educational."
Take a look: http://www.amazon.com/Community-College-Transfer-Guide-Silver/dp/0944708846/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245859857&sr=8-1Labels: articulation, community college, credits, transfer
For Colleges Needing Cash, Summer’s No Longer a Quiet Season
Canadian Institutions and the Financial Crisis
Small Budget Cuts - Do They Add Up?
A 'Liquid Book': The Post-Corporate University
Teaching/Learning Activities, and Learning Spaces that are Good for Each of Them
The Maricopa County Community College District is 'Morphing'
How Technology Will Reshape Academe After the Economic Crisis II
Star Power for New USF Polytechnic Campus
Paul Rowland to Head the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
The Kindle Factor
An early Kindle adopter, who is also using the Kindle to save students text book money and integrating into his pedagogy, lays out some of the things he's learned, and some of the considerations those who want to move in that direction need to think about. "One of the benefits of the Kindle is that learners can replace expensive textbooks with digital books in a format read by the Kindle. For example, for a Knowledge Organizations course I will lead in the Fall, one hardcover textbook, Organizations as Knowledge Systems (2004, Tsoukas, H. & Mylonopoulos, Eds.) currently costs $89.95 at retail, $71.97 from Amazon.com, and $63.96 in its Kindle version. That’s a 28.9% savings over the retail cost of the book. Another textbook, Theory U (2009, Scharmer, C. O.), in paper, currently costs $28.95 at retail, $26.05 from Amazon, and $15.92 in its Kindle version. The sum of those savings would be $39.02, or a 32.9% savings over retail for both books."
Read the full article here: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/06/15/crowellLabels: academic planning, book, digital book, it, Kindle, pedagogy
May 11: How Technology Will Reshape Academia After the Economic Crisis.
Transforming America's Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity
Yale University & the Age of Diminishing Endowments
A Wall Street Journal interview with Richard Levin, president of Yale University. It's focused at first on the effect of diminished endowments on rich school's resource and budget planning. It also covers a lot of ground regarding the history of Yale's relationship with the city of New Haven. "We had a run that was historically unprecedented, and at the tail end of that it looked like we were getting too rich," Mr. Levin says, recalling that members of Congress were then starting to complain about rich private universities' "hoarding" money. "Well, that's quickly been amended," he deadpans." Read the article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124425383780391015.htmlLabels: community relations, economic development, endowments, financial crisis, resource and budget planning, Richard Levin, town and gown, Yale University
Faculty Question Expert’s Earnings
Magaly Rodriguez is a paid "chief inspiration officer" for the University of Idaho; having saved numerous programs and workplace problems at schools around the country. Yet some staff members at the University dispute the influence and worth of her employment.
"The workshops conducted by Rodriguez have helped save programs, school administrators said, but some faculty are criticizing the contract signed during the same budget year the school was forced to cut about $3.8 million."
“She’s helping us reshape our culture,” Baker told the Daily News. “The point is that her services cannot help with problems such as ours,” Sammarruca wrote in an e-mail. “That decision needed to be discussed openly and thoroughly between the people involved in a (moderated) professional meeting, and at a much lower cost.”
Read the full article here: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/07/faculty-question-experts-earnings/
Who's Getting Money from the State and Why? How?
Scott Jaschik reports on two new studies, each of which aims to understand the how and why of state funding for institutions. Does lobbying work? Apparently so. Who's in the best position? Apparently, campuses located in proximity to a state capitol with democratic control.
"Two new studies suggest that strategy may go only so far and that, in some respects, public universities are like real estate: They benefit from location, location, location. The best locations may be in states led by Democrats (and with other political conditions) and in cities in or near statehouses. The studies don't contest the way research universities receive more per student than do other kinds of institutions, although they suggest that in states with a flagship and multiple research universities, flagship status may be less important than believed, and that research universities tend to be favored."
Read the full article here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/10/appropsLabels: funding, public, resource and budget planning, Scott Jaschik, states
Strategic Planning in Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives in Evaluation
How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life)
New Players, Different Game: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities
How College Affects Students: A Third Decade of Research
The Learning Paradigm College
Leadership and Futuring: Making Visions Happen
The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders
The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets (The City in the Twenty-First Century)
Montclair State University Economic Impact Report 2008-2009
Stimulus Money Helps Colleges Avoid Slashing Budgets Now, but Big Cuts May Loom
Yes, the stimulus funds are helping, but few expect state budgets to be in much better shape after that money runs out. So, what happens in 2011? "We have a lot of administrators who are talking about retiring by 2012; they don't want to go through whatever's coming." "This year was bleak for state higher-education budgets. But college leaders are even more worried about what comes next.
The billions of dollars in federal stimulus aid to plug shortfalls in state education budgets have helped limit the damage this year, but the money hasn't prevented all of the cuts to college budgets. Most states are spending the bulk of the stimulus money they are receiving for education on elementary and secondary schools, and roughly 20 percent on public colleges. In one state, Wisconsin, none of that federal aid is going to higher education.
And the situation could get worse. Many states are spending all of their education stimulus money to fill gaps in the current and next budget years, leaving nothing for 2011, when many of their economies are still expected to be suffering from the recession.' Read the full article here: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i39/39a02501.htm
Labels: financial crisis, public institutions, publics, resource and budget planning, states
Keeping it Green, Even in a Recession
Faculty Development for the 21st Century
A New Day is Dawning: Whither IT Leaders?
Leading Indicators Provide a Peek at the Fall Admissions Story
A NACAC study shows that students have more interest in public schools, including community colleges, than before the financial crisis. Despite the challenges this presents for admissions staff, they're getting their budgets cuts at public (46 percent of schools) and at privates (30 percent of schools). Read about it here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/09/nacacThe top link is to the Inside Higher Ed story, this one is to the full report: "Effects of the Economy on the Admission Process, 2008-09, National Association for College Admission Counseling June 2009": http://www.nacacnet.org/AboutNACAC/PressRoom/2009/Pages/EffectsoftheEconomy.aspxLabels: access, admissions, affordability, costs, enrollment, NACAC, tuition
Summer Flu, Fall Headaches?
We think that campuses did a good job and showed they were well prepared this spring. With the summer off and the media not as focused on H1N1, are institutions adequately preparing for what might come back to campus this fall? "If we continue to see outbreaks of H1N1 during the summer, we should prepare for having a lot of influenza in the fall, and that's going to put significant pressure on health services on campuses across the country to respond," said Anita L. Barkin, director of student health services for Carnegie Mellon University, who led a panel about the flu at the American College Health Association's annual meeting in late May. "Even though H1N1 ... is not as virulent or severe as the virus of 1918, when you have a lot of sick people on your campus, it tends to disrupt the day-to-day functioning of campus business." Read the full report here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/09/flu
Cyberinfrastructure, Funding, and the NSF
More Educated, Less Unemployed
We can't get you into the original Wall Street Journal article, but we have a link to a blog post about it, and a great graphic image from Calculated Risk. "College graduates have definitely been hurt by the current recession. Thousands find themselves out of work, and many of those newly unemployed will struggle to find a job that paid as well as their last one. Still, on a relative basis, a college education has never been more valuable."
Read the full article here: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/the-value-of-education-in-a-recession/The (attached) chart is from Calculated Risk: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/06/unemployment-rate-and-level-of.htmlLabels: attainment, Calculated Risk, degree, financial crisis, value, Wall Street
Kresge Announces New Higher Green Building Standards for Challenge-grant Applicants in Higher Education
In addition to its recent partnering with Second Nature (to assist under-resourced institutions with green building) the Kresge Foundation will require, beginning June 2010, that any "proposals for facilities-capital grants from colleges and universities that plan to use the funding for building projects – new construction, renovations, and expansions" meet minimum LEED Silver standards.
“The Kresge Foundation is very concerned about the long-term impact of global climate change and deeply committed to environmental conservation, which is one of our nine core values,” says Education Program Director William F.L. Moses. “We believe it is important that the nation’s colleges and universities, which have been among the leaders in building green facilities, attain high environmental standards in their building projects.” Read the article here: http://kresge.org/index.php/news/article/kresge_announces_new_higher_green_building_standards_for_challenge-grant_apAnd also, visit the Campus Sustainability Home Page: www.campussustainability.infoLabels: climate change, facilities planning, green building, Kresge, Second Nature, sustainability
Book: Strategic Leadership: Integrating Strategy and Leadership in Colleges and Universities
Book: Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education
Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. "Refreshingly honest and conversational, whether tackling the changes he's observed in students over the years or the influence of his parents, professors and colleagues, this will make extremely interesting reading for those in the education industry, and should be of general interest as well."
Book: Higher Education and the New Society
Higher Education and the New Society by George Keller. "With characteristic forthrightness and inimitable wit, Keller targets critical areas where bold thinking is especially important, taking on such explosive issues as the configuration of academic disciplines, the runaway problem of big-time sports, the decline of the liberal arts, and the urgent problems of finances and costs."
Book: Taking Back the Tower: Simple Solutions for Saving Higher Education
The Civic Value of a Bold Statement: New Academic Building at the Cooper Union
This New York Times reviewer, Nicolai Ouroussoff, really likes the new academic building at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art:
"And when we look back on this era, the new academic building will stand out with a handful of other designs — the New Museum, perhaps, and the renovation of Alice Tully Hall — as projects that we, as a city, can feel proud of. They leave you with the comforting thought that even in egotistical times, a spirit of generosity can assert itself."
Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/arts/design/05coop.html?_r=1Labels: architecture, design, facilities planning, New York Times
Getting Past 'Accountability'
Very interesting, fun, and even useful essays about various "syndromes" and how to get past them. For example, one syndrome is the "Sisyphus Syndrome: Institutional inquiry is paralyzed by questions framed at such a general level that answering them is overwhelming and impossible. As a result, the institution pushes and pushes but never gets to meaningful analysis and reflection." To which the answer is: "Ask manageable questions that can be answered empirically." Read about them here: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/06/02/behrLabels: academic planning, accountability, assessment, quality, strategic planning, syndrome
7 Lessons From 3 Decades: The Emotional Dimension of Leadership
A perspective piece from a 26th-year president: "A multitude of decisions are made throughout the university—mostly outside the offices of the president and provost. By default the framework for most of those decisions is based on authority. The question too often asked is “who should make this decision,” rather than 'how should this decision be made."
"From my perspective the most important leadership task is to identify and retain men and women of talent, temperament and commitment. This task overshadows all others. In the words of a former colleague, Dero Downing, “Get good people and good things will happen.”
Read the full article here http://www.aascu.org/media/public_purpose/2009/09_0405leadershiplessons.htmLabels: leadership, managing change, strategy
Advocating in Tough Times
This is about reaching out to alums and other friends, not just for contributions, but for a stronger voice in advocating support from the state for colleges and universities on a wide variety of issues: "Using those alumni connections, Clemson has been able to reach out to state lawmakers at budget time to safeguard state funding and save programs on the legislative chopping block, says Beth McInnis, director of advocacy for the university." Read the full article here: http://www.aascu.org/media/public_purpose/2009/09_0405advocating.htmLabels: advocacy, alumni, Clemson, McInnis, policy, state
$120M Competition for Research Construction Grants
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the availability of approximately $120 million in competitive grants for the construction of new or expanded scientific research buildings at higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Approximately eight to 12 projects will be funded by these grants, which are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Possible projects include laboratories, test facilities, measurement facilities, research computing facilities, and observatories: "Interested organizations must provide NIST with a Letter of Intent outlining the proposed project by 3 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Organizations that submit timely Letters of Intent may then submit full proposals, which must be received by 3 p.m. EDT, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Review, selection and grant award processing is expected to be completed by the end of February 2010."
Read about it here: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/research_con_grants_052609.htmlLabels: capital funding, facilities planning, funding, grants, recovery, research, science
Renovation: A Modern Science Facility in Victorian Garb
This is really cool, from the Chronicle's Building & Grounds blog - with data from the Chronicle's online database of new buildings and renovations, you should make sure your projects get in there - the Wilson College Complex for Science, Mathematics, and Technology, was to preserve the Victorian Gothic character of the campus while creating a modern science facility that meets LEED sustainability standards. Take a look: http://chronicle.com/blogs/architecture/2799/renovation-a-modern-science-facility-in-victorian-garbLabels: architecture, campus heritage, Chronicle for Higher Education, faclities planning, gothic, renovation, research, science, victorian
Student Housing, 2009: Downsizing Residence Halls: Space and Costs
In 2008 College and University Construction Spending Grew by $5.1B
Getting the Green Roof Right
We thought this was a nice summary of some of the planning constraints on building successful green roofs:
"The first common dilemma in the construction of living green roofs, and other landscapes over structure, is that, in conventional building, the execution and completion of site work are often subordinated to the completion of the building."
Read the full article from Architecture Week, here: http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0527/building_1-1.htmlLabels: architecture, climate action planning, climate change, facilities planning, green buildings, sustainability
Louisiana: Tougher College Admissions Standards Boost Graduation Rates
This Times-Picayune article contains a link to a chart of graduation rates of state institutions and is somewhat focused on the State University of New Orleans' plans to increase graduation rates by having tougher entry standards, following the apparently successful process already undertaken by Louisiana State University Baton Rouge over the last decade. It briefly addresses concerns that state budget cuts will affect student support services. We also provide a link to the Louisiana State Board of Regents Planning, Research and Performance website. Times-Picayune article: http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/tougher_college_admissions_sta.htmlLouisiana State Board of Regents Planning, Research and Performance: http://regents.state.la.us/Planning/prphome.htmLabels: access, accountability, assessment, budget cuts, graduation rates, Louisiana, picayune, quality, student services
Which Colleges Actually Graduate Their Students (and Which Don't)?
A new report, titled "Diplomas and Dropouts," from the American Enterprise Institute begins: "In the fall of 2001, nearly 1.2 million freshmen began college at a four-year institution of higher education somewhere in the United States. Nearly all of them expected to earn a bachelor’s degree. As a rule, college students do not pack their belongings into the back of a minivan in early September wondering if they will get a diploma—only when. . . . For many students, however, that confidence was misplaced. At a time when college degrees are valuable—with employers paying a premium for college graduates—fewer than 60 percent of new students graduated from four-year colleges within six years." We have a link to a USA Today story about the report here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-06-03-diploma-graduation-rate_N.htmAs well as a link to where you can download the full 80-page document: http://www.aei.org/paper/100019Labels: accountability, AEI, assessment, graduation rates, quality, USA Today
New Study: University of Maryland Adds $3.4B to State Economy
A new, 39-page report from the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc., titled "Impacts of the University of Maryland College Park," finds that for every dollar of taxpayer money the state provides to the university, more than $8 of economy benefit is created. We have a link to the full report in the SCUP Links blog: http://www.foundation.umd.edu/foundation/images/stories/sagereport.pdfLabels: budget and resource planning, economic development, economic impact, financial crisis, funding, Maryland, state policy
R U Ready? Joining Forces 2 B Ready
Writing for University Business magazine, Ron Schacter takes a look at Virginia Tech, Boston University, Bryant University, Kent State University, and the University of Philadelphia, to highlight the recent strengthening of ties and cooperation between college and university security and emergency officials and their local, regional, and state counterparts. “It ties all communication devices—cellphones, land lines, computers, 400 megahertz and 800 megahertz radios, and $50 Wal-Mart walkie-talkies—to the common denominator of an IP network,” says Rich Siedzik, Bryant’s director of computer and telecommunication services. The Smithfield fire department used to have to call each assisting department separately for aid, but “now with a push of a mouse connected to a PC, they reach everyone.” Read the article here: http://universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1316&p=3#0Labels: crisis and disaster planning, emergency planning, local and regional collaboratio
Tossing Out the Baby with the Bathwater
Speeding Up Economic Recovery Through Collaboration
North Carolina State president James Oblinger describes how his institution, with the slogan, "Red Means Go," integrates learning with local, regional, and statewide collaboration for workforce development and economic growth: "To be good citizens, we understand we have to lead, especially in bad economic times. Equally important is our capacity to join with the state in anticipating shifts in the job market and in society."
"At NC State, we take seriously a responsibility to be “the People’s University.” To be good citizens, we understand we have to lead, especially in bad economic times. Equally important is our capacity to join with the state in anticipating shifts in the job market and in society." Read the full article here: http://universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1308Labels: collaboration, economic development, financial crisis, North Carolina, resource and budget planning, town and gown
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by Margaret Dalrymple. "Exemplar characteristics . . . result an evaluation methodology that a higher education institution can apply to its strategic plan initiative and . . . provide academic practitioners with a comprehensive tool with which to evaluate their own institutions' strategic plans."
by Dov Seidman. "Seidman challenges us to consider how we view ourselves and our institutions [with regard to] . . . competition, change, and governance from a fresh perspective. . . . [and] reminds us of the importance of trust and reputation and provides a framework for evaluating our individual and institutional pursuits of significance." 
by William G. Tierney and Guilbert C. Hentschke. "[The authors] provide a reasonably thorough introduction to and analysis of that portion of the for-profit sector of greatest interest to most planners—large university systems that are regionally accredited degree-granting institutions owned and operated by publicly traded for-profit corporations." 
by Ernest Pascarella and Patrick Terenzini. "I have utilized this volume both in my administrative and faculty capacities and have encouraged staff and students to tap it as well. . . . [It] immediately joins other classics that have earned their place on the bookshelf of any scholar and practitioner of the college student experience." - 
by John Tagg. "In The Learning Paradigm College, John Tagg champions the argument that because high school students have changed, undergraduate colleges— i.e., those colleges “both within and independent of universities, the institutions that prepare students for the baccalaureate degree”—must also transform their educational approach. He then sets out to explain how." 
by John R. Hoyle. This book "is about prompting leaders to “think out of the box” and learn how to take people where they have never been before. It is about developing effective leadership skills and strategies that help leaders design corporate futures through visioning and persuading others to share that vision." 
by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. "I highly recommend The Student Leadership Challenge to all students— and nonstudents. Whether you are active in an organization or have a full-time job, these practices will improve your teamwork skills and help you become a valuable leader." 
by Judith Rodin. Lessons learned at the University of Pennsylvania about its community: "The willingness of universities and their neighbors to participate in the conversations of democracy—something that is rarely smooth and rarely easy—is the only way to gain the long-term benefits of mutual trust and understanding" 
by Richard L. Morrill. "[A] detailed roadmap to achieve success through engaged and effective leadership. It is a necessary volume for all who recognize the challenges we face."
by Howard L. Smith. "[A]n honest and penetrating manifesto about saving higher education through strategic management and common sense thinking."
