Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services: Reallocating Resources to Achieve Strategic Balance, Revised and Updated

Preface to the Revised Edition ix

Foreword to the First Edition xiii
Stanley O. Ikenberry

Preface to the First Edition xvii

About the Author xxv

1. Recognizing the Need for Reform 1

2. Identifying Responsible Leadership 25

3. Reaffirming Institutional Mission 37

4. DefiningWhat Constitutes a Program 53

5. Selecting Appropriate Criteria 65

6. Measuring, Analyzing, Prioritizing 89

7. Anticipating Process Issues 105

8. Implementing Program Decisions 123

9. Achieving Strategic Balance 139

Resource A: Outsourcing Practices in Higher Education 151

Resource B: Sample Process Agenda Adopted by a Land-Grant University 155

Resource C: Criteria for Measuring Administrative Programs 161

Resource D: Case Studies: Excerpts from Implementation Plans 165

Resource E: Sources of Hidden Costs 183

Resource F: Model Communication Plan 187

Resource G: Prioritization Process and Implementation 191

References 213

Index 221