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Programmatic Organization in Higher Education: A Case Study at Bowling Green State University

Morgan, Joan C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066605288

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1978, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Educational Administration and Supervision.
The purposes of this study were to trace the development of a programmatically organized college and to assess some of the consequences of the establishment of this college at a well established institution of higher education. A systems model approach to organizational analysis was used to gain insight into the process involved in creating and implementing a programmatic college to train personnel in the health and community services fields. This approach used a variety of research techniques: document review, structured interviews and the measurement of faculty opinions. The formation of this college was preceeded by support and opposition from a variety of sources. However, once this college was formed, it was necessary to articulate policy concerning its relationship to existing structures at the university. This articulation became clear in a review of university and college documents. However, at the time of this study, such policies were still being clarified. Another area of concern was the promotion and tenure records of faculty included in the sample. It was found that there was little difference in the amount of time it took faculty who participated in this college and those who did not participate to attain tenure or to be promoted. The last part of the study dealt with faculty opinions. A scale was developed and administered to an experimental group, faculty members with joint or dual appointments in the programmatic college, and to a control group, faculty members without joint or dual appointments in the programmatic college. It was found that the independent variables of appointment status and sex explained the greatest variability in the scores of these two groups. Faculty members in the control group had lower scores than those in the experimental group. Females had lower scores than males. These lower scores indicated that both the control group and females had less favorable opinions about programmatic organization in higher education. Programmatic organizational structures of the nature described above can provide vehicles to expand curricular offerings using mainly existing resources. This can happen if faculty and administrators at the institution have a willingness to go beyond the constraints of departmental disciplines of study.
William York (Advisor)
Higher Education

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  • Morgan, J. C. (1978). Programmatic Organization in Higher Education: A Case Study at Bowling Green State University [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066605288

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Morgan, Joan. Programmatic Organization in Higher Education: A Case Study at Bowling Green State University. 1978. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066605288.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Morgan, Joan. "Programmatic Organization in Higher Education: A Case Study at Bowling Green State University." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1978. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066605288

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