A Prescription for Small, Private Colleges. AGB Occasional Paper No. 20.

Autor/in	Cowan, Ruth B.
Institution	Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC.
Titel	A Prescription for Small, Private Colleges. AGB Occasional Paper No. 20.
Quelle	(1994), (28 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Colleges; Church Related Colleges; College Administration; Governance; Governing Boards; Higher Education; Improvement Programs; Institutional Research; Leadership; Leadership Responsibility; Organizational Development; Private Colleges; Program Improvement; Self Evaluation (Groups); Small Colleges; Trustees + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kirchliche Hochschule; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Effizienzsteigerung; Institutionelle Forschung; Führung; Führungsposition; Organisationsentwicklung; Privathochschule; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); College; Colleges; Oberschule; Treuhandanstalt
Abstract	Trustees at three small, independent colleges were interviewed to determine how trustees could contribute to a college's revitalization. Based on these interviews, several ways in which trustees can help individually and collectively with a college's revitalization were identified. The three colleges were located in different states and regions and in both rural and urban areas. All were church-related and one was a historically Black institution. Seven key essential characteristics of supportive and effective trustees were identified. Successful trustee boards: (1) enjoyed the president's commitment to partnership; (2) had a chair who exercised leadership; (3) governed themselves responsibly by establishing structure and procedures and selecting members to meet the college's diverse needs and ensure their own ongoing development; (4) fulfilled their corporate responsibilities; (5) made high-level psychological and resource commitments including high levels of personal financial contribution and assistance with funds solicitation; (6) maintained multiple, constructive relationships; and (7) stayed informed. During periods of institutional decay, these characteristics were found to be absent but during periods of renewal, they were present. (JLS)
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Update	2004/1/01