Call to Purpose : Mission-Centered Change at Three Liberal Arts Colleges.
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TextSeries: RoutledgeFalmer studies in higher educationPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (157 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781317849476
- 1317849477
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies
- Educational planning -- United States -- Case studies
- Mission statements -- United States -- Case studies
- Énoncés de mission -- États-Unis -- Études de cas
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- Educational planning
- Mission statements
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- United States
- 378.1/01
- LB2341
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction: More Than Just Mission -- Chapter 2 A Thematic Account of the Development of Institutional Purpose; About the selection of sites; A word about time frames; Institutional malaise; Ending the stalemate; Creating a mandate for change; Toward a common purpose; Implementing the vision; Struggles over ideology: True believers and naysayers; The dark side of change; Discovering you've arrived: Symbols of Success; Reaching the end of the life cycle of change; Chapter 3 The Search for Purpose as Institutional Revitalization.
A crisis of purposeRejection of the status quo and building the consensus for change; Arriving at a new vision; Birth of a Movement: True believers, supporters, fence sitters and naysayers; Implementing the vision; Realizing the vision and the social construction of success; Mission creation as a socio-cultural movement; Comparing belief systems: Then and now; Toward a new ideology; Chapter 4 The Power, Politics, and Pathology of Ideologically Based Change; The politics of advancing a new vision; Rewriting the social contract; Pushing for change; Securing change; Constructing the enemy.
Witch-hunting at OlivetAn analysis of the witch hunt; Chapter 5 Sustaining A Sense of Purpose and the Social Construction of Success; New programs and policies; Betterment of institutional life; Enhanced attractiveness of the community; Challenging members' conceptions of success; The inestimable value of success; Tempered idealism; Sustaining community; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Findings; Leadership in the cultural realm; Future research; Appendix A Research Design and Methodology; Bibliography; Index.
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.
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