Call to Purpose: Mission-Centered Change at Three Liberal Arts Colleges / Edition 1

by Matthew Hartley

Overview

A decade ago, the majority of liberal arts colleges, suffering from a decline in resources, drifted from their traditional missions. This study looks at three insitutions and suggests that a clear mission is more than a common goal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415935661
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/25/2002
Series:	RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: More than just mission Chapter 2: A thematic account of the development of institutional purpose Chapter 3: The Search for purpose as an institutional revitalization Chapter 4: The power, politics, and pathology of ideologically-based change Chapter 5: Sustaining a sense of purpose & the social construction of success Conclusion: Lessons learned and questions raised Appendix A: Research design and methodology Bibliography