Open Access1: Institutional Transformation and Change: Insights for Faculty Developers
Author(s) -
Eckel Peter D.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2002.tb00570.x
Subject(s) - institutional change , institution , process (computing) , public relations , work (physics) , political science , engineering ethics , organizational change , key (lock) , higher education , sociology , knowledge management , computer science , engineering , public administration , computer security , law , mechanical engineering , operating system
This chapter presents a series of insights about the process of institutional change and how leaders might implement it. Since the majority of energy goes into what the institution should do, little attention in higher education is given to how institutions should go about change. Based upon six years of work with 24 diverse institutions working on a range of change agendas in two projects, this chapter presents some conceptualizations of change and offers some language to discuss the type of intended change that might be useful for faculty developers and other campus leaders. It identifies three key elements in the change process and offers insight on strategies to implement them. It then connects these elements to the important role of faculty developers.