Legitimacy In The Academic Presidency

Author : Rita Bornstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781461638797

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Legitimacy in the Academic Presidency by Rita Bornstein Pdf

How did the 1990s and early 21st century impact the evolution of the college presidency? The legitimacy and performance of higher education were called into question during this period, and respect for some of its leaders declined. An economic downturn and the concomitant change of student enrollment patterns have required presidents to lead in compromised conditions. The new emphasis on financial management and fund raising has opened the job of academic president to those with nontraditional backgrounds. These new presidents must gain legitimacy differently from those of more traditional backgrounds, who are struggling with their own legitimacy challenges. In order to understand legitimacy, Bornstein has spplied theory from the social sciences and higher education literature, proposing five factors that influence presidential legitimacy: Individual, Institutional, Environmental, Technical and Moral. She also proposes six threats to legitimacy: Lack of Cultural Fit, Management Incompetence, Misconduct, Erosion of Social Capital, Inattentiveness, and Gradiosity. In light of these threats, she suggests strategies for gaining and maintaining legitimacy. This book focuses on the impetus for leading change. Bornstein draws on numberouns sources for a theoretical perspective on the factors associated witht he president's role in creating legitimate change. She proposes a construct of four factors to implement legitimate change: Presidential Leadership, Governance, Social Capital, and Fund Raising. The concepts of transformational and transactional leadership are examined for their ability to facilitatle change. Bornstein finds their effectiveness limited and proposes "transformative leadership", a contextual approach that fits between transformational and transactional leadership in the conceptual continuum. Since presidents are often recruited on the basis of their academic experience, their legitimacy depends on securing resources to strengthen or transform their institution; fund raising is essential. Fina

Author : Richard Watermeyer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781788976138

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Competitive Accountability in Academic Life by Richard Watermeyer Pdf

This book considers how a culture of ‘competitive accountability’ in UK higher education produces multiple tensions, contradictions and paradoxes that are destabilizing and deleterious to the work and identities of academics as research scientists. It suggests the potential of a new discourse of scientific accountability, that frees scientists and their public communities from the absurdities and profligacy of ‘performativity’ and ‘managerial governmentality’ encountered in the REF and an impact agenda – the noose of competitive accountability – and a more honest and meaningful public contract.

Author : Joseph N. Crowley
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780874174083

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No Equal In The World by Joseph N. Crowley Pdf

No Equal in the World is a comprehensive study of the literature on the American academic presidency from the middle of the nineteenth century—when the first universities, as distinct from colleges, began to emerge—to the present. The book surveys widely divergent literature on the biographies of major presidents at crucial moments in the history of their institutions. The book affords an overview of the development of both the role of the university president and the public’s perception of that role, and indicates where perception and reality diverge. At a time when university presidents must find their way through a minefield of increasingly heated debates over issues such as free speech, curriculum, faculty diversity, and the specter of “political correctness,” Crowley’s book provides a sense of history to those striving to understand the demands of the position. It is an invaluable resource for scholars.

Author : Kenneth P. Mortimer,Colleen O'Brien Sathre
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607096597

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The Art and Politics of Academic Governance by Kenneth P. Mortimer,Colleen O'Brien Sathre Pdf

Using case studies and relevant literature, this book illustrates the challenges to legitimate, Shared-governance domains when the routine of the academy is forced to deal with big issues, often brought on by external forces. Mortimer and Sathre have gone beyond a discussion of faculty/administrative behavior by focusing on what happens when the legitimate governance claims of faculty, trustees, and presidents clash. They place these relationships in the broader context of internal institutional governance and analyze the dynamics that unfold when advocacy trumps collegiality. The book closes with a defense of shared governance and offers observations and practical suggestions about how the academy can share authority effectively and further achieve its mission.

Author : Arthur Isak Applbaum
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674241930

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Legitimacy by Arthur Isak Applbaum Pdf

At an unsettled time for liberal democracy, with global eruptions of authoritarian and arbitrary rule, here is one of the first full-fledged philosophical accounts of what makes governments legitimate. What makes a government legitimate? The dominant view is that public officials have the right to rule us, even if they are unfair or unfit, as long as they gain power through procedures traceable to the consent of the governed. In this rigorous and timely study, Arthur Isak Applbaum argues that adherence to procedure is not enough: even a properly chosen government does not rule legitimately if it fails to protect basic rights, to treat its citizens as political equals, or to act coherently. How are we to reconcile every person’s entitlement to freedom with the necessity of coercive law? Applbaum’s answer is that a government legitimately governs its citizens only if the government is a free group agent constituted by free citizens. To be a such a group agent, a government must uphold three principles. The liberty principle, requiring that the basic rights of citizens be secured, is necessary to protect against inhumanity, a tyranny in practice. The equality principle, requiring that citizens have equal say in selecting who governs, is necessary to protect against despotism, a tyranny in title. The agency principle, requiring that a government’s actions reflect its decisions and its decisions reflect its reasons, is necessary to protect against wantonism, a tyranny of unreason. Today, Applbaum writes, the greatest threat to the established democracies is neither inhumanity nor despotism but wantonism, the domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, and incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern others.

Author : Nadja Bieletzki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658204891

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The Power of Collegiality by Nadja Bieletzki Pdf

Nadja Bieletzki explores how university presidents lead universities. She provides insights into the upper echelons of higher education management and focuses especially on university presidents in Germany. Special attention is given to the career background of university presidents and the way they conduct reform projects. Based on the results from semi-structured expert interviews and their qualitative analysis, the author shows that university presidents do not use all their formal power although their position has been strengthened by law. This can be explained by the collegial characteristics of universities, which drive and restrict presidential actions Nadja Bieletzki was awarded the Ulrich Teichler Prize for Excellent Dissertations 2016.

Author : John T. Jost,Brenda Major
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521786991

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The Psychology of Legitimacy by John T. Jost,Brenda Major Pdf

This book, first published in 2001, provides a general approach to the psychological basis of social inequality.

Author : Robert Birnbaum
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1992-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:49015002966126

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How Academic Leadership Works by Robert Birnbaum Pdf

What makes an academic leader effective? How can the myths surrounding academic leadership induce college presidents to make poor judgments? Can a college president really make a difference in whether an institution is successful in achieving its goals? In this book, Robert Birnbaum reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. Drawing on the results of a five-year longitudinal study by the Institutional Leadership Project, he explains how college and university leaders in various types of institutions interact and communicate, assess their own and others' effectiveness, establish goals, transmit values, and make sense of the ambiguous and dynamic organizations in which they work. And Birnbaum tells how presidents can maintain critical constituent support, increase their effectiveness, and ultimately help renew their college's values and spirit.

Author : Arthur Isak Applbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674983465

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Legitimacy Without Illusions by Arthur Isak Applbaum Pdf

What makes a government legitimate? Arthur Isak Applbaum rigorously argues that the greatest threat to democracies today is not loss of basic rights or despotism. It is the tyranny of unreason: domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern others.

Author : Sanjay Pulipaka,Krishnan Srinivasan,James Mayall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000867794

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Power, Legitimacy, and World Order by Sanjay Pulipaka,Krishnan Srinivasan,James Mayall Pdf

This book reflects on the reasons for the decline of international cooperation in world politics and studies ways to restore legitimacy in the international order. It engages with the concept of legitimacy in international relations theories and practices to examine the discussions around power shifts, the decline of liberalism, demands for inclusive international architectures, and challenges to multilateralism, as well as established norms by leaders and nationalisms. It studies the impact of the post-COVID-19 world order on the nature of power in the international system and changes in normative concerns of security. The volume also interrogates political legitimacy through an area studies lens by examining the concept of legitimacy separately in the USA, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. An important and timely text featuring contributions from eminent scholars, this book will be of use to students and researchers of modern history, political science, and international relations. It will also be of interest to think tanks and policy-making bodies concerned with international affairs and foreign policy.

Author : Asst Prof Steven J Barela
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781472446879

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Legitimacy and Drones by Asst Prof Steven J Barela Pdf

Unmanned combat air vehicles-i.e. ‘drones’-have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threats with lethal force. As a result, critical questions abound on the legitimacy of their use. In a series of multidisciplinary essays, this book explores the question of legitimacy through the conceptual lenses of legality, morality and efficacy, and then closes with the consideration of a policy proposal aimed at incorporating all three indispensable elements.

Author : Per-Arne Bodin,Stefan Hedlund,Elena Namli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415677769

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Power and Legitimacy by Per-Arne Bodin,Stefan Hedlund,Elena Namli Pdf

This book sheds new light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power. It does so by considering the experience of Russia, a polity where experiences of the legitimacy of power and the collapse of power offer a contrast to Western experiences on which most political theory, formulated in the West, is based. The book considers power in a range of contexts - philosophy and discourse; the rule of law and its importance for economic development; the use of culture and religion as means to legitimate power; and liberalism and the reasons for its weakness in Russia. The book concludes by arguing that the Russian experience provides a useful lens through which ideas of power and legitimacy can be re-evaluated and re-interpreted, and through which the idea of "the West" as the ideal model can be questioned.

Author : Henry Reichman
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421428581

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The Future of Academic Freedom by Henry Reichman Pdf

The issues Reichman considers—which are the subjects of daily conversation on college and university campuses nationwide as well as in the media—will fascinate general readers, students, and scholars alike.

Author : Volker Sellin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110561395

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Violence and Legitimacy by Volker Sellin Pdf

Benjamin Constant distinguished two kinds of government: unlawful government based on violence, and legitimate government based on the general will. In Europe monarchy was for over a thousand years considered the natural form of legitimate government. The sources of its legitimacy were the dynastic principle, religion, and the ability to protect against foreign aggression. At the end of the eighteenth century the revolutions in America and France called into question the traditional legitimacy of monarchy, but Volker Sellin shows that in response to this challenge monarchy opened up new sources of legitimacy by concluding alliances with constitutionalism, nationalism, and social reform. In some cases the age of revolution brought on a new type of leader, basing his claim to power on charisma.

Author : University of Michigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015071523107

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The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year by University of Michigan Pdf