Boosting Academic Reputations: A Study of University Departments

1 January 1987

journal article
research article
Published by Project MUSE in The Review of Higher Education

Vol. 11 (2) , 177-197
https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.1987.0003

Abstract

This article explores factors that played a major role in the rapid improvement of academic departments at eight major research universities and identifies four distinct improvement strategies: departmental hiring practices, funding, leadership, strategic planning, and overall institutional reputation.

Keywords

RAPID IMPROVEMENT
FOUR DISTINCT
MAJOR RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL REPUTATION
EIGHT MAJOR
BOOSTING ACADEMIC
HIRING PRACTICES
STRATEGIC PLANNING

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An Assessment of Quality in Graduate Education
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