Pursuing excellence in higher education : eight fundamental challenges / Brent D. Ruben.

Excellence in Higher Education: Eight Fundamental Challenges -- Broadening Public Appreciation for the Work of the Academy: Committing Ourselves to Dialogue -- Better Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Workplaces: Bridging the Gap Between the World of the Academy and the World of Work -- Becoming More Effective Learning Organizations: Clarifying Goals and Evaluating Outcomes -- Integrating Organizational Assessment, Planning, and Improvement: Making Organizational Self-Study and Change Everyday Activities -- Enhancing Collaboration and Community: Aligning the Rhetoric and Reality of Campus Culture -- Recognizing That Everyone in the Institution is a Teacher: Focusing on the Student Experience -- Devoting More Attention and Resources to Leadership: Attracting, Developing, andRetaining Outstanding Leaders -- More Broadly Framing Our Vision of Excellence:Pursuing Excellence in All That We Do -- Excellence in Practice: Asking More ofOurselves and Our Institutions.