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This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerrâs vision of the "multiversity," as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerrâs use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the articulation and implementation of the "hedgehog concept" of systemic excellence that underpins the master plan. Arguing that the universityâs recent problems flow from a "fox culture," characterized by a free-for-all approach to management, including excessive executive compensation, this is a call for a new vision for the universityâand for public higher education in general. In particular, it advocates re-funding and re-democratizing public higher education and renewing its leadership through thoughtful succession planning, with a special emphasis on diversity. Gonzálezâs work follows the ups and downs of women and minorities in higher education, showing that university advances often have resulted in the further marginalization of these groups. Clark Kerrâs University of California is about American public higher education at the crossroads and will be of interest to those concerned with the future of the public university as an institution, as well as those interested in issues relating to leadership, diversity, and succession planning.
This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerrâs vision of the "multiversity," as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerrâs use of the visionary ...
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Cristina Gonzalez" "is professor of Spanish and professor of education at the University of California, Davis. Her areas of expertise include education policy and governance, educational leadership, history of higher education, history of the University of California, and diversity and inclusiveness issues. Her writings on higher education have appeared in such journals as "Science, Academe, The Communicator, Women in Higher Education, "and "Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education."
Cristina Gonzalez" "is professor of Spanish and professor of education at the University of California, Davis. Her areas of expertise include education policy and governance, educational leadership, history of higher education, history of the University of California, and diversity and inclusiven...
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