文档介绍：Transformational Change in Higher
Education
Transformational
Change in Higher
Education
Positioning Colleges and Universities for
Future ess
Edited by
Madeleine B. d’Ambrosio
TIAA-CREF Institute, USA
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Cornell University, USA
IN ASSOCIATION WITH TIAA-CREF
Edward Elgar
Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
© TIAA-CREF 2007
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Published by
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Glensanda House
Montpellier Parade
Cheltenham
Glos GL50 1UA
UK
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
William Pratt House
9 Dewey Court
Northampton
Massachusetts 01060
USA
A catalogue record for this book
is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
d’Ambrosio, Madeleine, 1950–
Transformational change in higher education : positioning colleges and
universities for future ess / Madeleine B. d’Ambrosio, Ronald G.
Ehrenberg.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Education, Higher—Aims and objectives—United States. 2.
Education, Higher—United States—Administration. 3. Universities and
colleges—United States—Planning. 4. Educational change—United States.
I. Ehrenberg, Ronald G. II. TIAA-CREF Institute. III. Title.
2007
—dc22
2007039424
ISBN 978 1 84720 252 9
Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall
Contents
List of contributors vi
Foreword by Herbert M. Allison Jr ix
Introduction 1
Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Madeleine B. d’Ambrosio
1 Balancing the challenges of today with the promise
of tomorrow: a presidential perspective 16
F. King Alexander
2 Strengthening the academic presidency: mendations
for presidents and governing boards 30
Robert M. O’Neil
3 Aligning institutional vi