1st Edition
Restructuring Universities Politics and Power in the Management of Change
By Geoffrey Walford
Copyright 1987
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987 Restructuring Universities uses Aston University as a case study of the internal restructuring taking place in universities. Aston lost one third of its funding in 1981 and was told to reduce its student numbers by one fifth within three years. The university has a balanced financial budget, well oversubscribed courses, and the average A level scores of entrants are... Read more
Preface
The Context of Change
1. University Development
2. The University of Aston in Birmingham
3. Restructuring the University System
4. The Management of Change at Aston
5. The Death of a Department
6. Innovation in Adversity
7. Models of University Organization
8. Academics of Managers
9. The Need for a New Policy
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Geoffrey Walford is Professor of Education Policy and a Fellow of Green College at Oxford University. He is the author of over 100 academic articles and books, and the Editor of the Oxford Review of Education.
