AT A TIME WHEN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES are competing for declining numbers of high school graduates, receiving reduced state support, being criticized for high tuition, and facing a public that questions the value of higher education, Mark William Roche presents his thoughts on how institutions can thrive in this environment. He argues, “For a university to flourish, it needs to embrace a distinctive vision and instantiate or embody that vision in specific practices” (p. 4). According to Roche, many universities neglect to focus on the distinctiveness that will allow them to differentiate themselves from other institutions, which is necessary for them to flourish. Roche’s ideas in Realizing the Distinctive
University: Vision and Values, Strategy and Culture are informed by his experience serving as dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame for 11 years.
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