University Commitment to Public Service for State and Local Governments

Dunn, Delmer D.; Gibson, Frank K.; Whorton, Joseph W.

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“…An important first step in buiiding a foundation for mutuaiiy satisfying wori<ing reiationships is to heip each side understand what the other side can do given current constraints. And in doing so, there is a need to compiement recent insights on organizationai design (Hambrlci<, 1983) and institutional priorities (Dunn, Gibson and Whorton, 1985;Whorton, Gibson and Dunn, 1986) with a greater awareness of the involvement of facuity as individuais.…”

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University‐state Linkages Revisited: A Model of Faculty Participation in Poucymaking

1987

Policy Studies Journal

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Faculty participation In pdicymaking in the American states Is intrinsically interwoven witii the information that poiiticai actors anticipate facuity will bring to the process. The roies facuity fiil as researchers and generators of knowledge In the academic community iead to opportunities to be providers of information in the policymaking process.But what types of information do faculty contribute? What roles do they assume when providing information? And what Is the timing of their contributions reiative to the deveiopment and impiementation of policy? This study focused on these questions in the hope that the answers wiii heip state officiais make effective choices when seeking information for decision-making and enabie them to approach university-state linkages with realistic expectations,

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University‐state Linkages Revisited: A Model of Faculty Participation in Poucymaking

1987

Policy Studies Journal

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“…Faculty attitudes often result in the need to pay good academic teachers higher fees for their participation, thus upping the costs of activities. The marginal priority that is assigned by many schools of social work to CEP also finds expression in the allocation of resources such as rooms, equipment, and faculty time (Dunn et al 1985;Weinbach and Kuehner 1985;Vicere 1985).…”

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“…Yet, in spite of this rationale and in spite of the continuing growth in both the number of programs and the numbers of participants, CEP, within academic institutions, operate under stressful and unstable conditions (Dunn et al 1985). The struggle for survival and the threat of cut-backs are the realities that administrators and workers in these units must face constantly.…”

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Continuing Education Programs (CEP), an image of the professions: The case of social work

Laufer

Sharon

1993

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Abstract. Although most social work continuing education units operate within stable academic institutions, this stability does not extend to the operation of these units. The greatest impediment is the demand by university administrators that the units operate on a pay as you go basis and turn any surplus revenues to the university for its discretionary use. In trying to meet university conditions while maintaining high standards of service, the units face several difficulties including competition from private providers, high costs, fewer sponsors, and indifferent faculty.In funding and budgeting the units for continuing education, universities tend to ignore two key arguments. The first is that CEP provide public services with spill over effects that add indirect demand to the demand expressed through registration. The second is that building quality into professional programs requires long term investments that forego immediate profits.Because continuing education programs are an image of their profession, social work programs need to correspond to the profession they serve, a profession that produces public goods (and services) while seeking to assure quality within non-profit environments. Unless universities assume a lead role in supporting these efforts through new approaches, continuing education programs will only be partially successful in fulfilling their mission.

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“…Each of these functions contributes to the stated missions of most universities, but they may not be given equal weight when faculty accomplishments are reviewed for tenure and promotion. When ranking program priorities, university presidents place a greater emphasis on traditional programs of research and instruction than on service programs of noncredit instruction, applied research, and technical assistance to audiences off campus (Dunn, Gibson, & Whorton, 1985).…”

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As Scientists and Citizens

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1989

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Many academics are reluctant to enter policy-making forums. Those who do so are an important and intriguing minority. This study takes a close look at faculty active in advisory mechanisms to government and reveals them to be individuals whose careers include considerable experience outside academia, whose time commitments on c ampus are highly varied, and whose attitudes are supportive of university service to gov ernment. Most of the expert advisers also engage in political activities as citizens, and the relationship of participation in these dual modes poses questions for future research.

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University Commitment to Public Service for State and Local Governments

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University‐state Linkages Revisited: A Model of Faculty Participation in Poucymaking

University‐state Linkages Revisited: A Model of Faculty Participation in Poucymaking

Continuing Education Programs (CEP), an image of the professions: The case of social work

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