Subject: Higher Education

University of Utah

University of Utah

During the late 1990s, the University of Utah faced a number of formidable technology challenges. With the new millennium rapidly approaching, the university’s mainframe computer system appeared vulnerable to several… READ MORE

Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University

The sun was beginning to set and it was still snowing. Students were preparing for the start of Winter Carnival. Through the large window in his office, Associate Dean Terry… READ MORE

University of Southern Maine (B)

University of Southern Maine (B)

Throughout the early 1990s, President Richard Pattenaude led the University of Southern Maine (USM) through a period of severe economic decline and expanding regional need. The university’s revenue sources changed… READ MORE

University of Southern Maine (A)

University of Southern Maine (A)

In 1994, University of Southern Maine President Richard Pattenaude sat with his administrative cabinet to review the institution’s financial condition. The recession of the early 1990s (between 1990 and 1994)… READ MORE

The New Department Chair

The New Department Chair

The political science department at York State College was previously led autocratically by a department chair who tightly controlled all aspects of the department. Upon his sudden death, a new… READ MORE

Kansas State University

Kansas State University

The Kansas Board of Regents demands that faculty be evaluated even after the conferral of tenure. In the face of strong faculty resistance, a special task force must decide how… READ MORE