TY - BOOK AU - Dickeson,Robert C. TI - Prioritizing academic programs and services: reallocating resources to achieve strategic balance T2 - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series SN - 9780470559680 (cloth) AV - LB2341 .D523 2010 U1 - 378.1/07 22 PY - 2010/// CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Universities and colleges KW - United States KW - Administration KW - Educational leadership KW - Educational change KW - Sociological aspects KW - Case studies KW - Leadership KW - Needs Assessment N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index; Recognizing the need for reform -- Identifying responsible leadership -- Reaffirming institutional mission -- Defining what constitutes a program -- Selecting appropriate criteria -- Measuring, analyzing, prioritizing -- Anticipating process issues -- Implementing program decisions -- Achieving strategic balance -- Resources : A. Outsourcing practices in higher education -- B. Sample process agenda adopted by a land-grant university -- C. Criteria for measuring administrative programs -- D. Case studies: excerpts from implementation plans -- E. Sources of hidden costs -- F. Model communication plan -- G. Prioritization process and implementation ER -