Financial Sustainability in Us Higher Education - Transformational Strategy in Troubled Times

Informationen zum Autor Marcel J. Dumestre,  Ed.D, is a retired academic administrator who writes about higher education strategy and philosophy of education. Klappentext This book is a practical approach to insuring financial sustainability of US colleges! presented through the lens of organizational strategic thinking. The book does not simply offer models of how colleges can become financially sustainable in cost cutting! online education! international student recruiting! etc. Rather! it presents a succinct historical perspective of how foundational problems emerged! how some universities transformed themselves! and introduces an organizational strategic thinking process that can be used to develop unique solutions for almost any institution. Marcel J. Dumestre  is a retired academic administrator who writes about higher education strategy and philosophy of education.  Zusammenfassung This book is a practical approach to insuring financial sustainability of US colleges, presented through the lens of organizational strategic thinking. The book does not simply offer models of how colleges can become financially sustainable in cost cutting, online education, international student recruiting, etc. Rather, it presents a succinct historical perspective of how foundational problems emerged, how some universities transformed themselves, and introduces an organizational strategic thinking process that can be used to develop unique solutions for almost any institution.  Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One How We Got Here.- Chapter Two Foundational Problems.- Chapter Three The Financial Sustainability Conundrum.- Chapter Four The Adult Learner: An Awakening.- Chapter Five A New College.- Chapter Six The Reimagined Undergraduate College.- Chapter Seven Strategic Thinking for Transformation.- Chapter Eight Transformational Leadership.- Chapter Nine Dropping Out: A Case Study.- Chapter Ten What To Do About It.  ...

List of contents

Chapter One How We Got Here.- Chapter Two Foundational Problems.- Chapter Three The Financial Sustainability Conundrum.- Chapter Four The Adult Learner: An Awakening.- Chapter Five A New College.- Chapter Six The Reimagined Undergraduate College.- Chapter Seven Strategic Thinking for Transformation.- Chapter Eight Transformational Leadership.- Chapter Nine Dropping Out: A Case Study.- Chapter Ten What To Do About It. 

Product details

• Authors: Marcel J Dumestre, Marcel J. Dumestre
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2016
• EAN: 9781349949823
• ISBN: 978-1-349-94982-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Management, C, Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Organization and Leadership, higher education, School management and organization, Educational administration & organization, School administration, Sustainability Management, Business & the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Industrial management—Environmental aspects, Education—Economic aspects, Economics of specific sectors, Education Economics