Dean O. Smith

Understanding Authority in Higher Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Authority in Higher Education clarifies issues of authority in an academic setting. Throughout, it introduces basic concepts of higher-education administration and then examines the limits of authority in context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 727g
• ISBN-13: 9781442241770
• ISBN-10: 1442241772
• Artikelnr.: 41479468

Autorenporträt

Dean O. Smith is professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii. He has authored 135 scientific publications and four books on university administration. And, he has edited a collection of Ellis Worth stories, The Sonora Springs Tales. Dr. Smith received his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE CHAPTER 1 - ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITY Authority in Academia
Authority Defined Acceptance of Authority Modulation of Authority by
External Factors Delegation of Authority Rescission of Delegated Authority
Responsibility and Accountability Chain of Command Organization Charts:
Line and Staff Authority Authority in Agency Law University Type: Private
or Public Obscured Limits of Authority Summary Notes CHAPTER 2 - SHARED
AUTHORITY The Meaning of Shared Authority Consultative Authority Shared
Governance Limited Rights to Consultation Jurisdiction of Shared Governance
Breakdown of Shared Governance: Censures and Sanctions Refusal to Share
Authority Failure to Accept Responsibility Summary Notes CHAPTER 3 -
LOYALTY The Nature of Loyalty Loyalty Oaths Duty of Loyalty Loyalty to the
Employer Familial Loyalty Political Campaign Contributions Political
Endorsements Power Base Summary Notes CHAPTER 4 - LEGAL LIMITS OF AUTHORITY
Legal Rights and Responsibilities The Constitution Due Process Deprivation
of Life, Liberty and Property Interests Title IX Athletics Sexual
Harassment Institutional Policies Exhaustion of Remedies Sovereign Immunity
Charitable Immunity Qualified Immunity Summary Notes CHAPTER 5 - ACADEMIC
AUTHORITY Academic Freedom Students' Academic Freedom Fundamental
Limitations Freedom of Expression Faculty Criticism of the Administration
Expression in Private Life Curriculum Religious Institutions Research
Grades Conferring Degrees Revoking Degrees Summary Notes CHAPTER 6 -
ADMISSIONS Authority to Admit Fundamental Constraints Discrimination
Affirmative Action Admissions Programs Legacy Preferences Bribery Personal
Favors Summary Notes CHAPTER 7 - STUDENT AFFAIRS Relationship with the
Institution Authority over Student Life Honor Codes Disciplinary Actions
Housing Room Searches and Seizures Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act Summary Notes CHAPTER 8 - HIRING The Generic Hiring Process Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Laws Affirmative Action Institutional
Recruitment and Employment Policies Imposed Hiring: Patronage Political
Patronage Invisible Patronage Patronage Sanctioned By Policy Fallback
Appointments Spousal Hires Summary Notes CHAPTER 9 - EXCEEDING AUTHORITY
Exceeding the Limits Lack of Authority Apparent Authority Estoppel
Promissory Estoppel Deliberate Exceedance Unintentional Mistakes Due to
Inexperience Overestimated Authority Premature Assertion of Authority
Summary Notes CHAPTER 10 - INTRUSIVE MANAGEMENT Questions of Competence:
Micromanagement Over-Caution Organizational Change under New Leadership
Intrusion under New Leadership Intrusion by Outgoing Leadership Intrusion
through Fear of Retribution Legislative Intrusion Legislative Line Items
Legislative Intent Gubernatorial Intrusion Governing Board Intrusion:
Special Favors Summary Notes CHAPTER 11 - RESISTING AUTHORITY Disobeying
Orders Passive Resistance Deliberate Procrastination Duplicity Strategic
Procrastination Administrative Resistance: Lame Ducks Incompetence
Decision-Making Delay Failure to Give Information Failure to Report
Information Summary Notes CHAPTER 12 - TERMINATIONS Firing Personnel
Collective Bargaining Agreements Contractual Termination Clauses
Termination "For Cause" Incompetence Insubordination Breaches of Academic
Integrity Moral Turpitude Wrongful Termination Alternative Dispute
Resolution At-Will Agreements Progressive Discipline Constructive Discharge
Substance Abuse Summary Notes CASE INDEX SUBJECT INDEX