ABSTRACT

This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerr's vision of the multiversity, as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerr's use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the articulation and implementation of the hedgehog concept of systemic excellence that underpins the master plan.Arguing that the university's recent problems flow from a fox culture, characterized by a free-for-all approach to management, including excessive executive compensation, this is a call for a new vision for the university—and for public higher education in general. In particular, it advocates re-funding and re-democratizing public higher education and renewing its leadership through thoughtful succession planning, with a special emphasis on diversity.Gonzalez's work follows the ups and downs of women and minorities in higher education, showing that university advances often have resulted in the further marginalization of these groups. Clark Kerr's University of California is about American public higher education at the crossroads and will be of interest to those concerned with the future of the public university as an institution, as well as those interested in issues relating to leadership, diversity, and succession planning.

part I|78 pages

Exploring Clark Kerr’s Thinking

chapter 1|6 pages

Hedgehogs and Foxes

chapter 2|8 pages

Leadership Styles

chapter 6|18 pages

The Plot of The Uses of the University

part II|40 pages

History of American Higher Education

chapter 7|30 pages

The Strands of History

chapter 8|8 pages

The Hinge of History

part III|62 pages

History of the University of California

chapter 9|12 pages

The Hedgehog Concept

chapter 10|10 pages

The Trouble with Hedgehogs

chapter 11|6 pages

Foxes to the Rescue

chapter 12|20 pages

Fox Fatigue

chapter 13|12 pages

The Collapse of Fox Culture

part IV|46 pages

Looking for the Clark Kerrs of the Future

chapter 14|12 pages

Opportunity for Equality

chapter 15|8 pages

Leadership Renewal

chapter 16|14 pages

Succession Planning

chapter |8 pages

Conclusion: The Roads Ahead

chapter |2 pages

Epilogue