An ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, this title shows how academic departments must focus not only what they do but on what they should be. Departments must reinvent new forms of collegiality and they must also become more outwardly-oriented, more focused on results, more entrepreneurial.

A practical tool for instigating change, this report, supported by in--depth studies at eight college campuses, reveals how change can be effected at many different levels withing the academic departmental structure. Demonstrates how centralized resources and administrative unites, unions, student and others can impact departmental power, and outlines effective steps to take to initiate reform and new directions.

Introduction.
Assesing the Pressures for Departmental Change.
Examining Values in the Department.
The Discipline and the Department.
Departmental Relations with Central Administration.
Departmental Organization, Decision Making, and Interaction.
Departmental Leadership.
Departmental Work, Faculty Roles, and Rewards.
Conclusions: Departmental Change.
Appendix: Summary of Departmental Characteristics and Avenues for Change