Why Universities Reorganize - Gary A. Olson, Chronicle of Higher Ed
Last month I received an e-mail advertising an online seminar called "Academic Restructuring: Guidelines for Academic Leaders." The blurb promised to help administrators who are leading reorganization campaigns. How? By detailing proven methods to prevent morale problems, and even attrition, among faculty members disenchanted with the change. The idea that a proprietary concern would market a seminar on how to manage the damage control from a campus reorganization is but one indication of how ubiquitous such efforts have become in higher education. The current fiscal crisis has been a major impetus for colleges and universities to undertake reorganizations, but, more often than not, institutions report a combination of reasons.
