Managing Universities

Reading List by Week and Topic

Week:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14

Topic: Intro | Critics | Types | Teaching | Research 
Faculty | Finance | Budget | Measurement | Quality 
Management | Support | Competition | Governance

Week 1: Introduction to the Course---The University (08/29)

• Jefferson, Thomas. Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia (1818) (An e-text published by Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.)
  [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/]
• The Land Grant Tradition. National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (n.d., NASULGC as of 7/01)
  [http://www.nasulgc.org/publications/Land_Grant/Land_Grant_Main.htm]
• Klein, Arthur J. "Education," American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 35, No. 6. (May, 1930), pp. 1063-1071.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Judd, Charles H. "Education," American Journal of Sociology, 
  Vol. 36, No. 6. (May, 1931), pp. 1045-1053.
  Vol. 37, No. 6. (May, 1932), pp. 983-989.
  Vol. 38, No. 6. (May, 1933), pp. 922-930.
  Vol. 39, No. 6. (May, 1934), pp. 800-808.
  Vol. 47, No. 6. (May, 1942), pp. 876-887.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Hutchins, Robert M. "Ideals in Education," American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 43, No. 1. (Jul., 1937), pp. 1-15.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Lombardi, John V., and Elizabeth D. Capaldi. Managing the Research University: An Introduction.
  [manage0.html]
• Lombardi, et al.  "The American Research University: A Perspective," The Top American Research Universities (Gainesville: TheCenter, University of Florida, 2001, 5-19)
  [http://thecenter.ufl.edu/research2001.pdf (pg 7-21 in pdf.)]

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Week 2: The University and Its Critics (09/04)

• Adelman, Clifford. "War and Peace among the Words: Rhetoric, Style, and Propaganda in Response to National Reports," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 58, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 1987), pp. 371-403.
  [Original JSTOR]
• Lombardi, "Learning to Count in Higher Education",  The Washington Post, 1/8/97, A25.
  [http://jvlone.com/Washpost1.html]
• Lombardi, "Free Markets and Competition--Taking Public Universities into the 21st Century," Impact: The Quarterly Magazine of Florida Policy & Culture (3:1 Summer 1997, 15-17).
  [http://jvlone.com/impact4.html]
• Lombardi,  "Waging War: The Arts and Sciences, the University, and the People," National Meeting of Arts and Sciences Deans, Tampa (November 12, 1992).
  [http://jvlone.com/harrison.htm]
• Johnstone, D. Bruce. Learning Productivity: A New Imperative for American Higher Education (1992). [E-text is an edited version of a monograph originally published by the State University of New York in 1992 as part of its series, Studies in Public Higher Education, reprinted with permission.]
  [http://www.educause.edu/nlii/articles/johnstone.html]
• Engell, James and Anthony Dangerfield.  "The Market-Model University: Humanities in the Age of Money," Harvard Magazine, 1998.
  [http://www.harvard-magazine.com/issues/mj98/forum.html]
• Chaney, Michael Alexander. "An Academic Exorcism," A review of: Cary Nelson and Stephen Watt, Academic Keywords: A Devil's Dictionary for Higher Education. New York and London: Routledge, 1999, in PMC 10.1 (1999)
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/v010/10.1.r_chaney.html]
• Bloland, Harland G. "The End(s) of Academic Labor," a review essay of Sheila Slaughter and Larry L. Leslie. Academic Capitalism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. 276 pp. and  James S. Fairweather. Faculty Work and Public Trust. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996. 249 pp.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v023/23.1bloland.html]
• Barzun, Jacques. "Trim the College? -- A Utopia!" The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 22, 2001.
  [barzun_chron_2001.html]

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Week 3:  Types and Characteristics of Universities(09/11)

• John G. Wirt. "Section 5. The Context of Post Secondary Education," The Condition of Education, 2000. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, June 2000.
  [http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000062_5.pdf]
• Sandra S. Ruppert. Where We Go from Here: State Legislative Views On Higher Education In The New Millennium. Results of the 2001 Higher Education Issues Survey. Educational Systems Research (Littleton, Colorado. 2001, for the National Education Association).
  [http://www.nea.org/he/leg-news/gofrom.pdf

Associations

• American Association of Community Colleges. Washington, D.C.: AACC, nd.
  Facts about Community Colleges:  
  Number of Colleges and
  Community College Enrollment.
  [http://www.aacc.nche.edu/allaboutcc/allabout.htm]
• Association of American Universities (AAU).
  [http://www.aau.edu]
• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).
  [http://www.nasulgc.org/]
• Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU).
  [http://www.aacu-edu.org/]
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).
  [http://www.aascu.org/]
• American Council on Education (ACE).
  [http://www.acenet.edu]

University Characteristics

• Top American Private and Public Research Universities
  [http://thecenter.ufl.edu/]
• Carnegie Foundation Classification of Universities
  [http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/]
• Tuition & Fees, In-State.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/nat_rankings/students.htm]

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Week 4: Teaching (09/18)

• Kellogg Commission of the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities
  [http://www.nasulgc.org/Kellogg/kellogg.htm]
• Kuh, George D. "How Are We Doing? Tracking the Quality of the Undergraduate Experience, 1960s to the Present," The Review of Higher Education 22.2 (1999) 99-120
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v022/22.2kuh.html]
• Bess, James L. "Teaching Well: Do You Have to Be Schizophrenic?" The Review of Higher Education 22.1 (1998) 1-15
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v022/22.1bess.html]
• Astin, Alexander W. "The Changing American College Student: Thirty-Year Trends, 1966-1996," The Review of Higher Education. 21 (1998); 115-135.
  [http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v021/21.2astin.html]

The Curriculum

• Conrad, Clifton F. and Katherine M. Duren, "Review Essay: On Culture, Canons, and College Curriculum," The Review of Higher Education 21.1 (1997) 103-110.
  [http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/ review_of_higher_education/v021/21.1er_casement.html]
• Lombardi. So, What's Your Major? (1987 Baccalaureate Address, Indiana University Bloomington).
  [http://jvlone.com/baccal_1.htm]
• Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. Committee on Undergraduate Science Education, National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999.
  [http://www.nap.edu/books/0309062942/html/index.html]

College and University Examples

• Berkeley: Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
  [http://www.berkeley.edu/catalog/undergrad/requirements.html]
• Chicago: The College Curriculum.
  [http://www-college.uchicago.edu/College/Academic/Curriculum/curric.html]
• Michigan: Literature, Science, and the Arts.
  [http://www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/publications/bulletin/]
• Stanford: A Liberal Education.
  [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/05.pdf/]
• Yale: Undergraduate Curriculum.
  [http://www.yale.edu/ycpo/ycps/chapters/chapter1a.html#2]
• Pomona College: The Curriculum.
  [http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/Overview/Curriculum.html]
• St. John's College, Maryland.
  [http://www.sjca.edu/college.html]

Distance Education

• Twigg, Carol A.  and Diana G. Oblinger. The Virtual University:  A Report from a Joint Educom/IBM Roundtable. Washington, D.C.: November 5-6, 1996.
  [http://www.educause.edu/nlii/vu.html]
• Carnevale, Dan. "2 Models for Collaboration in Distance Education," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 19, 2000.
  [distanceUchron.html]
• Morgan, Brian M. "Is Distance Learning Worth It? Helping to Determine the Costs of Online Courses." Marshall University, (n.d. 2000?) Not available 7/01
  [http://multimedia.marshall.edu/onlinecosts/distancelearning.pdf]

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Week 5: Research (09/25)

• Dewey, John. "Chapter Twenty-one. Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism," in Democracy and Education. 1916.
  [http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/academic/texts/dewey/d_e/chapter21.html]
• Bush, Vannevar.  "As We May Think," (Originally published in the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic Monthly and reproduced at this website with The Atlantic's permission)
  [http://www.isg.sfu.ca/~duchier/misc/vbush/vbush.shtml]
• Science and Engineering Research in a Changing World. National Academy of Sciences, 1997.
  [http://www.nas.edu/21st/research/]
• Science and Engineering Research and Education in the 21st Century: A National Science Board Policy Symposium.  Arlington, Va: NSF, National Science Board, 1996 (multiple articles).
  [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsb97150/start.htm]
• Bender, Thomas, Stanley Chodorow, and Pauline Yu. The Transformation of Humanistic Studies in the Twenty-first Century: Opportunities and Perils, Washington: American Council of Learned Societies, Occasional Paper No. 40 (n.d. accessed 6/98).
  [http://www.acls.org/op40.htm]
• Donoghue, Denis, Lynn Hunt, Lucius Outlaw, Judith Shapiro, and Robert Weisbuch. The Humanist on Campus: Continuity and Change. American Council of Learned Societies, Occasional Paper No. 44, 1998.
  [http://www.acls.org/op44.htm]
• de Botton, Alan, "What is Academia For?" Prospect, August September 1998.
  [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/highlights/academia_for/index.html]
• Cole, Stephen and Jonathan R. Cole. "Scientific Output and Recognition: A Study in the Operation of the Reward System in Science,"American Sociological Review, Vol. 32, No. 3. (Jun., 1967), pp. 377-390.
  [from JSTOR]
• Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council 260 pages (approximate), 6 x 9, 2000. (pre-publication version, National Academy Press, 2000)
  [http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9940.html]
• Magner, Denise K. "Academics and Industry Issue Pact to Guide the Evolution of Scholarly Publishing," The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 7, 2000
  [manger_scholarpublish_chron_20000.html]
• Brainard, Jeffrey. "Elitism, Excellence, or Both at the National Academy of Sciences?," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 11, 2001.
  [brainard_NAS_chron_2001.html]

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Week 6: Faculty Careers (10/02)

• Bloland, Harland G. "Review Essay: The End(s) of Academic Labor," The Review of Higher Education 23.1 (1999) 107-118
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v023/23.1bloland.html]
• Fairweather, James S., "Myths and Realities of Academic Labor Markets," The Economics of Education Review (14:2) 1995, 179-192. 
  [fairweather.pdf]
• College and University Faculty (US Department of Labor)
  [http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos066.htm]
• Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists. Committee on Dimensions, Causes, and Implications of Recent Trends in Careers of Life Scientists, National Research Council. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 1998
  [http://www.nap.edu/books/0309061806/html/index.html]
• The Postdoc Network
  [http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/feature/postdocnetwork.shtml]
• Singer, Maxine, Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies (Washington: National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, September 2000)
  [NAS_2000_postdoc.html]
• Toutkoushian, Robert K. and Marcia L. Bellas. "Faculty Time Allocations and Research Productivity: Gender, Race and Family Effects," The Review of Higher Education 22.4 (1999) 367-390
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v022/22.4bellas.html]
• Heller, Scott. "The Lessons of a Lost Career," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 26, 2000.
  [overtonChron.html]
• Scott Smallwood. "Northwestern Faculty Told to Seek More Research Grants or Risk Losing Lab Space," The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 26, 2001.
  [smallwood_labspace_chron_2001.html]
• Wilson, Robin. "A Higher Bar for Earning Tenure," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 5, 2001.
  [wilson_tenure_chron_2001.html]

Promotion and Tenure

• American Association of University Professors. 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure With 1970 Interpretive Comments. Washington, D.C.: AAUP, 1940,1970. 
  [http://www.aaup.org/1940stat.htm]
• Post-Tenure Review: An AAUP Response
  [http://www.aaup.org/postten.htm]
• AFT: The Truth About Tenure in Higher Education
  [http://www.aft.org/higher_ed/tenureissues/tenure.html]
• Kolodny, Annette. "'60 Minutes' at the University of Arizona:
  The Polemic Against Tenure," New Literary History 27.4 (1996) 679-704.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/new_literary_history/v027/27.4kolodny01.html]
• University of Delaware. Faculty Handbook. Section III. Personnel Policies for Faculty
  [http://www.udel.edu/provost/fachb/III/III-A1.html]
• The University of California. Faculty Handbook
  [http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/handbook/welcome.html]
• University of Virginia. Promotion and Tenure Policy
  [http://www.virginia.edu/provost/uvap&t.htm]
• University of Michigan. Criteria for Appointment and Promotion of Instructional Staff
  [http://www.umich.edu/~provost/handbook/5/5.1.html]
• Rice University. Faculty Rights, Privileges, and Responsibilities
  [http://nt.riceinfo.rice.edu/Projects/FHB/fhb__006.shtml]
• Wellesley College. Faculty Appointment Policies
  [http://www.wellesley.edu/DeanCollege/handbook/artofgov/book1a4.html#9]

Part-Time Faculty

• Pamela Bach. "Part-Time Faculty Are Here to Stay," Planning for Higher Education, 27(3): 32–40 (Spring 1999)
  [http://www.scup.org/balch.htm]
• AFT: Part-Time and Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
  [http://www.aft.org/higher_ed/parttimefac/]

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Week 7: Financial Structure of Universities (10/09)

• Winston, Gordon C. and Ethan G. Lewis. "Physical Capital and Capital Service Costs in US Colleges and Universities: 1993," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-35 February 1996
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-35.pdf]
• Winston, Gordon C. "Capital and Capital Costs in 2700 US Colleges and Universities," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-33 December 1995
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-33.pdf]
• McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro. "Expenditures and Revenues in American Higher Education," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-27 September 1994
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-27.pdf]
• Winston, Gordon C., Jared C. Carbone, and Ethan G. Lewis. "What’s Been Happening to Higher Education? A Reference Manual 1986-87 to 1994-95," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, March 1996
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-47.pdf]
• McPherson, Michael S., Morton Owen Shapiro, and Gordon C. Winston. "The Economic Analogy," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-37 June 1996
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-37.pdf]
• Johnstone, D. Bruce. "Patterns of Finance: Revolution, Evolution, or More of the Same?"   The Review of Higher Education 21.3 (1998) 245-255.
  [http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v021/21.3johnstone.html]
• Winston, Gordon C. "The Positional Arms Race in Higher Education," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Dicussion Paper No. 54, April 2000
  [http://www.williams.edu:803/Mellon/DPs/DP-54.pdf]
• Winston, Gordon C., "A Guide to Measuring College Costs," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-46, November 1997
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-46.pdf]
• Lewis, Ethan G. and Gordon C. Winston. "Subsidies, Costs, Tuition, and Aid in US Higher Education: 1986-87 to 1993-94," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-41r, April 1997
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-41.pdf]
• Winston, Gordon C. "College Costs: Subsidies, Intuition, and Policy," The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, DP-45, November 1997
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-45.pdf]
• Brownstein, Andrew. "Upping the Ante for Student Aid," The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 16, 2001.
  [brownstein_stud_aid_chron_2001.html]
• Winston, Gordon C. "Is Princeton Acting Like a Church or a Car Dealer?" The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 2001.
  [winston_princeton_chron_2001.html]
• Bradburd, Ralph M. and Duncan P. Mann. "Wealth in Higher Education Institutions," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 64, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 1993), pp. 472-493.
  [Original from JSTOR]

• Winston, Gordon C. "For-Profit Higher Education: Godzilla or Chicken Little?" Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Discussion Paper No. 49, November 1998
  [http://www.williams.edu/Mellon/DPs/DP-49.pdf]

• John L. Pulley. "How Eckerd's 52 Trustees Failed to See Two-Thirds of Its Endowment Disappear," The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 18, 2000. [pulley_eckerd_chron_2000.html]
• Van Der Werf, Martin. "More Colleges Are Seeing the Virtues of Merging," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23, 2001.
  [vanderwerf_merge_chron_2001.html]

University Examples

• The Stanford University Budget Plan Book, 1999-2000
  [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/pres-provost/budget/plans/plan00.html]
• The University of Florida Money Tree: Sources and Uses of Funds, 1997-98.
  [http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~lombardi/edu00/moneytree9798.html]
• Distribution of University of Florida Budget by Function and Source, 1997-98.
  [http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~lombardi/edu00/moneypie9798.html]
• Indiana University Financial Information
  [http://factbook.indiana.edu/fbook99/opbdgt99.html]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Costs, II-6, 9/1996.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0996.htm]

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Week 8: Budget Systems (10/16)

• Swenk, Jean. "Planning Failures: Decision Cultural Clashes," The Review of Higher Education 23.1 (1999) 1-21
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v023/23.1swenk.html]
• Boyd, William L. "Zero-Base Budgeting: The Texas Experience," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 53, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 1982), pp. 429-438
  [http://www.jstor.org/]
• O'Neill, James M. "Survival 101: Small Private Colleges on the Financial Brink," Philadelphia Inquirer. January 28, 2001.
  [http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/01/28/front_page/COLLEGE28.htm]

Responsibility Center Management

• Chamberlain, Craig. "What is RCM?," UIUC -- Inside Illinois -- 1995/11-02-95.
  [http://www.uiuc.edu/gopher/II/1995/11-02-95/in.rcm.html]
• Cantor, Nancy E.  "Text of Provost Nancy Cantor's Seante Assembly Speech [on VCM]," The University Record (University of Michigan) 11/19/97
  [http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9798/Nov19_97/speech.htm]
• West, J. Anthony, Vincent Seidita, Judy Di Mattia, and Edward L. Whalen. "RCM as a Catalyst: Study Examines Use of Responsibility Center Management on Campus," NACUBO Business Officer, August 1997.
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/rcm_0897.html]
• Responsibility Center Management at Indiana University
  [http://weathertop.bry.indiana.edu/mas/rcm/}
• Stockstill, Mason. "UCLA Departments Ease into New Budget System. FINANCE: Despite Hype, RCM Is Still Criticized by Faculty and Students." UCLA Daily Bruin, September 22, 1997
  [http://www.media.ucla.edu/DB/issues/97/09.22/news.rcm.html]
• Wilms,Wellford W.;  Cheryl Teruya; and Marybeth Walpole. "Fiscal Reform at UCLA. The Clash of Accountability and Academic Freedom."  From UCLA website, originally published in September/October 1997 issue of Change
  [http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/gseisdoc/change.html]

Performance Budget Management

• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- The Bank, III-1, 9/1997.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0997.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. In Support of Teaching and Research: The University of Florida Bank. 1999
  [jvlbank1.html]

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Week 9:  Measurement (10/23)

• Lombardi, et al. The Top American Research Universities. Gainesville: TheCenter, University of Florida, 2000 2001.
  [http://thecenter/ufl.edu/]
• Craig, Diane D., MUPS-Efficiency, V:2, 2/1999
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0299.htm]
• University of Florida Bank: Three-Year Bank Tables
  [http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~lombardi/edu00/00.htm]
  University of Florida Bank: Three-Year Bank Spreadsheet 
  [3yrBankJVL1.xls]
• Dundar, Halil and Darrell R. Lewis, "Departmental Productivity in American Universities: Economies of Scale and Scope," The Economics of Education Review (14:2) 1995, 119-144.
  [undarLewis.pdf]
• Kennedy, Peter E. and John J. Siegfried, "Class Size and Achievement in Introductory Economics: Evidence from the TUCE III Data," The Economics of Education Review (16:4) 1997, 387-394 
  [kennedySiegfried.pdf]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Classrooms, I-3, 10/1995.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_1095.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Excess Hours, I-5, 12/1995.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_1295.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Transfer Students,   II-1, 1/1996.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0196.htm]
• Craig, Diane D. MUPS- Universal Tracking, IV-1,   2/1998.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0298.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. "Students, Universities, and Graduation Rates- Sometimes Simple Things Don’t Work," Ideas in Action, Florida TaxWatch, IV:3 (March 1997).
  [http://jvlone.com/gradrate3.html]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Teaching, I-2, 9/1995.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0995.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- The Ph.D., III-2 9/1997.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_090397.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Research, I-4, 11/1995.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_1195.htm]
• Monk, James. "The Returns to Individual and College Characteristics: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth," Economics of Education Review, 19:3 (2000), 279-289 
  [monk.pdf]
• Massy , William F. and Robert Zemsky. "A Utility Model for Teaching Load Decisions in Academic Departments," The Economics of Education Review (16:4) 1997, 349-365. 
  [masseyZemsky.pdf]
• The NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment,
  Volume 1: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing
  [http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000195.pdf] 
  Volume 2: Selected Institutions Utilizing Assessment Results
  [http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000196.pdf]

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Week 10:Measuring Quality (10/30)

• Experiments in International Benchmarking of U.S. Research Fields. Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D.C., 2000.
  [http://www.nap.edu/books/0309068983/html/]
• National AAU Peer Benchmarking for Quality at the University of Florida
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/aaubench.htm]
• Toutkoushian, Robert K., Halil Dundar, and William E. Becker. "The National Research Council Graduate Program Ratings: What Are They Measuring?" The Review of Higher Education 21.4 (1998) 427-443.
  [http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/
  review_of_higher_education/v021/21.4toutkoushian.html]
• Ehrenberg, Ronald G., and Peter J. Hurst, "The 1995 Ratings of Doctoral Programs: A Hedonic Model," The Economics of Education Review (17:2) 1998, 137-148 
  [ehrenbergHurst.pdf]
• Parker, Linda. The Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program: An Assessment of Benefits and Outcomes.  Arlington, Va: NSF, Engineering Educaton and Centers Division, 1997.
  [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9840/nsf9840.htm]

Teaching

• England, James, Pat Hutchings, and Wilbert J. McKeachie. The Professional Evaluation of Teaching. Washington, D.C.: American Council of Learned Societies, Occasional Paper No. 33 (n.d.).
  [http://www.acls.org/op33.htm][Accessed 6/98]
• Eide, Eric, Dominic J. Brewer and Ronald G. Ehrenberg^{. "}Does It Pay to Attend an Elite Private College? Evidence on the Effects of Undergraduate College Quality on Graduate School Attendance." Economics of Education Review (17:4) 1998, 371-376 
  [eide.pdf]
• Monk, James. "The Returns to Individual and College Characteristics: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth," Economics of Education Review. 19 (2000); 279-289.
  [monk.pdf]
• Beatty, Alexandra; M. R. C. Greenwood; and Robert L. Linn, Eds. Myths and Tradeoffs: The Role of Tests in Undergraduate Admissions. Steering Committee for the Workshop on Higher Education Admissions, National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999.
  [http://www.nap.edu/books/0309065976/html/]
• Harvey C. Mansfield, "Grade Inflation: It's Time to Face the Facts," The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 2001. [mansfield_gradeharvard_chron_2001.html]

Student Life

• de Vitry, Jacques. "Life of the Students at Paris" [E-text from the 13th century writer: Jacobus de Vitriaco: Hist. occid. Bk.II, Ch.VII. Latin., trans. in University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of History: Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European history, published for the Dept. of History of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1897?-1907?].Vol II:3, pp. 19-20.
  [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/vitry1.html]
• The Student Learning Imperative: Implications for Student Affairs. Washington: American College Personnel Association, 1996.
  [http://www.acpa.nche.edu/sli/sli.htm]
• Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs Washington: American College Personnel Association, nd 1997?
  [http://www.acpa.nche.edu/pgp/principle.htm] [accessed 6/98]
• NACADA Statement of Core Values of Academic Advising, no date, accessed 6/98.
  [http://www.ksu.edu/nacada/choice2/corevalu.htm]
• Napier, Rodney, C. Clinton Sidle, Patrick Sanaghan, and William S. Reed, "Metamorphosis: Creating the Capacity for Change," NACUBO Business Officer, January 1998.
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/9801/napier.html]
• Blustain, Harvey. "Navigating the Process Labyrinth : A Process Model for Higher Education," NACUBO Business Officer, February 1998
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/9802/blustain.html]
• Blimling, Gregory S. "Accountability for Student Affairs: Trends for the 21rst Century," in Cynthia S. Johnson and Harold E. Cheatham, eds. Higher Education Trends for the Next Century: A Research Agenda for Student Success (American College Personnel Association, nd. {1999} accessed 5/00)
  [http://www.acpa.nche.edu/seniorscholars/trends/trends8.htm]
• Magolda, Marcia Baxter and Patrick T. Terenzini with Pat Hutchings "Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century:Trends and Implications for Practice," in Cynthia S. Johnson and Harold E. Cheatham, eds. Higher Education Trends for the Next Century: A Research Agenda for Student Success (American College Personnel Association, nd. {1999} accessed 5/00)
  [http://www.acpa.nche.edu/seniorscholars/trends/trends4.htm]
• Astin, Alexander W. "The Changing American College Student: Thirty-Year Trends, 1966-1996," The Review of Higher Education 21.2 (1998) 115-135.
  [http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/
  review_of_higher_education/v021/21.2astin.html]
• Komives, Susan R., "The Changing Nature of Work in Higher Education,"in Cynthia S. Johnson and Harold E. Cheatham, eds. Higher Education Trends for the Next Century: A Research Agenda for Student Success (American College Personnel Association, nd. {1999} accessed 5/00)
  [http://www.acpa.nche.edu/seniorscholars/trends/trends6.htm]

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Week 11: Managing for Improvement  (11/06)

• Lombardi, John V. and Elizabeth D. Capaldi.  A Decade of Performance at the University of Florida, 1900-1999. Gainesville: University of Florida Foundation, 1999.
  [http://jvlone.com/10yrPerformance.html]
• Birnbaum,  Robert.  "The Life Cycle of Academic Management Fads," The Journal of Higher Education (71:1) 2000, 1-16   
  [fads1.pdf]
• Druckman, Daniel; Jerome E. Singer; and Harold Van Cott, Eds. Enhancing Organizational Performance. Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1997.
  [http://www.nap.edu/books/0309053978/html/index.html]
• Xue, Zhiming. "Best Practices In CQI," NACUBO Business Officer,May 1998.
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/9805/cqi.html]
• Murphy, Cornelius. "Brushing Up on Internal Controls," NACUBO Business Officer, October 1997.
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/1097_murphy.html]
• Klinger, Donna,  and Jay Iwanowski. "Spotlight on Higher Education." NACBO Business Officer, September 1997
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/0997_policy.html]
• Ragan, James F., Jr., John T. Warren and Bernt Bratsberg. How Similar are Pay Structures in `Similar' Departments of Economics?" Economics of Education Review (18:3), 1999, 347-360.  
  [ragan.pdf]
• Krautmann, Anthony C. and William Sander. "Grades and Student Evaluations of Teachers," Economics of Education Review (18:1) 1999, 59-63 
  [krautmann.pdf]
• Craig, Diane D., MUPS-Improvement, V:, 1/1999
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0199.htm]
• The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Emerging Information Infrastructure, National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000
  [http://www.nap.edu/books/0309064996/html/]

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Week 12: Support Services and Special Units (11/13)

Land  Grant

• The Land-Grant Tradition. Washington, D.C.: NASULGC, n.d. (accessed 2/01).
  [http://www.nasulgc.org/publications/Land_Grant/Land_Grant_Main.htm]

Medicine

• U.S. Medical School Faculty:  Annual Data.  Association of American Medical Colleges.
  [http://www.aamc.org/findinfo/infores/datarsc/facros/frspubs/usmsf.htm]
• Academic Medicine: The Cornerstone of the American Health Care System.  Association of American Medical Colleges.
  [http://www.aamc.org/hlthcare/start.htm]
• MacDonald, Andrew S., and Jay K. Levine. "Integrated Delivery Systems: Are They Worth the Effort?" Academic Clinical Practice. A Publication of the Group on Faculty Practice, Winter, 1998; Volume 11, Number 1.
  [http://www.aamc.org/about/gfp/acprac/winter98/ids.htm]
• Focusing on Quality in a Changing Health Care System. Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1997.
  [http://www.nas.edu/21st/health/]

Sports

• NCAA: Purposes,  History,  Governance Structure, Finances, Compliance.
  [http://www.ncaa.org/about/purposes.html]
  [http://www.ncaa.org/about/history.html]
  [http://www.ncaa.org/databases/governancestructure/]
  [http://www.ncaa.org/about/finances.html]
  [http://www.ncaa.org/about/compliance.html]
  [accessed 7/98]
• Amato, Louis, John M. Gandar, Irvin B. Tucker and Richard A. Zuber,  "Bowls Versus Playoffs: The Impact on Football Player Graduation Rates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association," The Economics of Education Review (15:2) 1996, 187-195. 
  [amato.pdf]
• The University of Florida Self Study Report for NCAA Division I Athletics Certification (1998-99)
  [http://www.uaa.ufl.edu/UAA/UF-Certification.pdf]

Fundraising

• Baade, Robert A. and Jeffrey O. Sundberg, "What Determines Alumni Generosity?" The Economics of Education Review (15:1)1996, 75-81. 
  [baade.pdf]

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Week 13 - 14 : Competition, Regulation, and Governance (11/20, 11/27)

Lombardi, et al. The Top American Research Universities. Gainesville: TheCenter, University of Florida, 2000 2001.
[http://thecenter/ufl.edu/]

Research Competition

• Feller, Irwin. "The Determinants of Research Competitiveness Among Universities," in Albert H. Teich, ed., Competitiveness in Academic Research. Washington, D.C.: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996, p. 35-72. 
  [feller.pdf]
• Promoting the University's Mission by Increasing Federal Grant and Contract Funding. Tulane University nd (1996?)
  [http://www.tulane.edu/~govtaff/whiteppr.pdf]
• Guide to R&D Data -Historical Trends in Federal R&D (1955- ). American Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington, D.C.; 2000.
  [http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/guihist.htm]
• Zivney, Terry L. and William J. Bertin. "Publish or Perish: What the Competition is Really Doing," Journal of Finance, Vol. 47, No. 1. (Mar., 1992), pp. 295-329.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation. New York: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2000.
  [http://www.gf.org/index.html]
• Wilson, Robin. "Ohio State 'Taxes' Departments to Make a Select Few Top-Notch," The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 1, 2001.
  [wilson_ohiou_chron_2001.html]
• NSF Guide to Programs. Arlington, Va.: National Science Foundation, 1999?
  [http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/nsf0065/how-to/toc.htm]

Regulation

• Sabloff, Paula L. W.  "Another Reason Why State Legislatures Will Continue to Restrict Public University Autonomy," The Review of Higher Education 20.2 (1997) 141-162.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v020/20.2sabloff.html]
• Skolnik, Michael L. and Glen A. Jones. "A Comparative Analysis of Arrangements for State Coordination of Higher Education in Canada and the United States," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 63, No. 2. (Mar. - Apr., 1992), pp. 121-142.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Aper, Jeffery P. and Dennis E. Hinkle. "State Policies for Assessing Student Outcomes: A Case Study with Implications for State and Institutional Authorities," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 62, No. 5. (Sep. - Oct., 1991), pp. 539-555.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Skolnik, Michael L. "How Academic Program Review Can Foster Intellectual Conformity and Stifle Diversity of Thought and Method," Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 60, No. 6. (Nov. - Dec., 1989), pp. 619-643.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Michael, Steve O. "Restructuring U.S. Higher Education: Analyzing Models for Academic Program Review and Discontinuation," The Review of Higher Education 21.4 (1998) 377-404.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v021/21.4michael.html]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- State Support, I-1, 8/1995.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0895.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Research Benefits,   II-2, 2/1996.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0296.htm]
• Craig. MUPS- The UF-SUS Team,   IV-2, 3/1998.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0398.htm]

  Accreditation

• Hagerty, Bonnie M. K. and Joan S. Stark. "Comparing Educational Accreditation Standards in Selected Professional Fields,"  Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 60, No. 1. (Jan. - Feb., 1989), pp. 1-20.
  [Original from JSTOR]
• Criteria for Accreditation. Decatur, Ga.: Commission on Colleges. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1998
  [http://www.sacscoc.org/criteria.asp]
• Review of General Institutional Requirements (GIR) and Criteria for Accreditation in section I.A of the on-line Policy Manual, North Central Association
  [http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/]
• 2001-02 Accreditation. Baltimore: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
  [http://www.abet.org/criteria.html]
• CHEA. Recognition of Accrediting Organizations. Policy and Procedures, Council for Higher Education Accreditation (Washington, D.C.,September 28, 1998)
  [http://www.chea.org/About/Recognition.html]
• Beth McMurtrie. "Assessing the Group That Assesses Accreditation." The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 12, 1999.
  [cheaChron.html]

  Student Competition

• Lapovsky, Lucie. "Phantom Dollars: Findings from 1996 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Survey,"  NACUBO Business Officer, March 1997.
  [http://www.nacubo.org/website/members/bomag/pd_397.html]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Student Quality, II-3, 3/1996.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0396.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Financial Aid, II-4, 4/1996.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0496.htm]
• Lombardi and Capaldi. MUPS- Jobs,  II-5, 6/1996.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0696.htm]
• Craig. MUPS- Undergraduates,  IV-3, 5/1998.
  [http://www.ir.ufl.edu/mups/issue_0598.htm]
• Lombardi, "Colleges Shouldn't Be Employment Agencies," The Chronicle of Higher Education: Point of View (4/16/99 )
  [http://jvlone.com/gradedchron.html]

Governance

• Marcus, Laurence R. "Restructuring State Higher Education Governance Patterns," The Review of Higher Education 20.4 (1997) 399-418.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v020/20.4marcus.html]
• Martinez, Mario C. "The States and Higher Education. Legislative Views on the Governance of Public Colleges and Universities: Enhancing the Public Interest," The Review of Higher Education 22.3 (1999) 247-263
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v022/22.3martinez.html]
• Leslie, David W.  "Review Essay: Strategic Governance: The Wrong Questions?" The Review of Higher Education 20.1 (1996) 101-112.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v020/20.1er_schuster.html]
• McLendon, Michael K. and Marvin W. Peterson. "The Press and State Policy Making for Higher Education," The Review of Higher Education 22.3 (1999) 223-245.
  [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v022/22.3mclendon.html]
• Schmidt, Peter. "Weakening the Grip of Multicampus Boards," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23, 2001.
  [schmidt_multiboards_chron_2001.html]
• Cohen, David. "The Worldwide Rise of Private Colleges," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 9, 2001.
  [cohen_worldcollege_chron_2001.html]
• Wilson, Robin. "Chairman of English Department Quits at SUNY-Albany as Turmoil Continues," The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 22, 2000.
  [wilson_engdept_chron_2000.html]

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