William Massy
· Emeritus ProfessorStanford University · Social and Cultural Analysis in Education
Active 1962–2020
About
William Massy is an Emeritus Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. His research interests include Higher Education, Leadership, and Organization. He is recognized for his contributions to understanding the dynamics of educational institutions and leadership within higher education settings. As an emeritus faculty member, he has been associated with Stanford's Graduate School of Education, contributing to academic and research activities in his areas of expertise.
Research topics
- History
- Computer Science
- Engineering management
- Business
- Engineering
Selected publications
Resource Management for Colleges and Universities
Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks · 2020 · 5 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Computer Science
- Business
- Engineering management
Rutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31
book-chapterSenior authorRemaking the American University
Rutgers University Press eBooks · 2020 · 17 citations
Senior authorCorresponding- History
At one time, universities educated new generations and were a source of social change. Today colleges and universities are less places of public purpose, than agencies of personal advantage. Remaking the American University provides a penetrating analysis of the ways market forces have shaped and distorted the behaviors, purposes, and ultimately the missions of universities and colleges over the past half-century. The authors describe how a competitive preoccupation with rankings and markets published by the media spawned an admissions arms race that drains institutional resources and energies. Equally revealing are the depictions of the ways faculty distance themselves from their universities with the resulting increase in the number of administrators, which contributes substantially to institutional costs. Other chapters focus on the impact of intercollegiate athletics on educational mission, even among selective institutions; on the unforeseen result of higher education's "outsourcing" a substantial share of the scholarly publication function to for-profit interests; and on the potentially dire consequences of today's zealous investments in e-learning. A central question extends through this series of explorations: Can universities and colleges today still choose to be places of public purpose? In the answers they provide, both sobering and enlightening, the authors underscore a consistent and powerful lesson-academic institutions cannot ignore the workings of the markets. The challenge ahead is to learn how to better use those markets to achieve public purposes.
Rutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31
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book-chapterSenior author9. Making Educational Quality Job One
Rutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31
book-chapterSenior authorRutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31
book-chapterSenior author4. On Being Mission-Centered and Market-Smart
Rutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31 · 1 citations
book-chapterSenior authorRutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31
book-chapterSenior authorRutgers University Press eBooks · 2020-12-31
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Frequent coauthors
- 77 shared
Ronald E. Frank
- 51 shared
Thomas M. Lodahl
- 36 shared
Linda Lauren
Stanford University
- 36 shared
Bill Beth
University of Pennsylvania Press
- 36 shared
Clair Andrea
University of Pennsylvania Press
- 28 shared
Robert Zemsky
- 16 shared
Gregory R Wegner
- 12 shared
Donald G. Morrison
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