Quality University Decision-Making in Times of Crisis: Advice to Continuing Educators

Autor/in	Edelson, Paul Jay
Titel	Quality University Decision-Making in Times of Crisis: Advice to Continuing Educators
Quelle	In: Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 57 (2009) 2, S.117-119 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-7363
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Continuing Education; Adult Educators; Decision Making; Teacher Role; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Organizational Change; Educational Finance; Educational Quality; Decision Making Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Weiterbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lehrerrolle; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Organisationswandel; Bildungsfonds; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	The subject of decision-making within a context of financial catastrophe is now of singular importance as public colleges and universities are confronting budget deficits of previously unimaginable scale. Because of the historic magnitude of budgetary shortfalls, campus leaders are without comparable prior experience which would help them to confidently address the crisis. They are operating within climates of great uncertainty and cannot accurately foresee outcomes. There are important variables that have traditionally been out of bounds, thus limiting available cost reduction options. These include defined faculty work-loads and priority campus missions. The imagined and not inaccurate, anticipated difficulty of achieving broad consensus, restricts decisions to a small group sharing the same values. This narrow clique rarely incorporates any sensitivity to the needs of part-time students and the bureaus that serve them. In this article, the author describes how continuing education leaders can act to both protect and advance the interests of their clients and divisions. The author draws upon his own 30-plus years of experience in continuing higher education, some of which is encapsulated in his 2006 book, "Drawing on Experience in Adult and Continuing Education." (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10