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Institutional Transformation: A Case Study Of An Urban Midwestern University, Jane M. Grassadonia
Institutional Transformation: A Case Study Of An Urban Midwestern University, Jane M. Grassadonia
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This study is a case study of an institutional transformational change effort in an urban research university. The study's focus is on the impact of The Milwaukee Idea on faculty and students as the soul of the university. Literature on transformational change in higher education focuses on the processes for launching this type of change and the role of formal change leaders. Less is known about the impact of transformational change on faculty and students. Relevant literature on change and institutional culture informed this study, including Kotter (1996), Wilber (1998), Cutright (2001), Peterson and Spencer (2000), Kezar and Eckel(2000), and …