Instructors:
John Lombardi
Professor of History
W.E.B. Du Bois Library

Paul Kostecki
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Public Health

How Universities Work
EDUC 845-01 Current Issues
in Higher Education Fall 2017
UMass Amherst
4-6:30 pm, Tuesday
Montague House

Course Syllabus

 

Office Hours:
by appointment

John Lombardi email
Paul Kostecki email


Schedule


Public Pages
The Class
Information

Week 1 (09/5):
Introduction
 
Week 2 (09/12):
Critics and
Universities

 
Week 3 (09/19):
Types and
Characteristics


Week 4 (9/26):
Teaching

Week 5 (10/3):
Research

No Class, Monday Schedule (10/10):

Week 6 (10/17):
Faculty

Week 7 (10/24):
Finance

Week 8 (10/31):
Budget
 

Week 9 (11/07):
Measurement
Guest: Dr. John R. Mullin
Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning; Associate Director, Center for Economic Development; former Dean of the Graduate School


Week 10 (11/14):
Quality

Week 11 (11/28):
Improvement

Week 12 (12/5):
Special Units

Week 13 (12/12):
Competition,
Regulation, and
Governance
Conclusion and
Pizza

 

Private Pages

The Class

Essays