Target 2000 and the faculty senate : two scenarios for Texas A & M University in the year 2000 /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | This research involves the development of two scenarios for Texas A&M University in the year 2000. The scenarios are developed by a method referred to in the study as a dual scenario generation technique. The technique is based on Miloy's modification of Vanston's scenario-generating method. The dual scenario generation technique assumes that a given plan will produce the desired results. A propositional inventory based on that plan is provided to a group to be affected by the plan and the group is asked to respond to the items listed by determining probability and impact of each item. A scenario is written based on the plan and a second scenario is written based on the group's responses to the propositional inventory. In this study the plan was developed by the Target 2000 Project Committee, a citizens group appointed by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, to make recommendations on goals for the university to reach by the year 2000. Using the recommendation grouped into 12 categories, the propositional inventory was developed and provided to the 85 members of the university's faculty senate. A first scenario was written based on the Target 2000 Project recommendations and a second scenario was written based on the faculty senators' response to the propositional inventory. Those items determined to have a probability of 50% or more by a majority of the senators were assumed to have occurred by the year 2000. The two scenarios are written in a style that follows Miloy and are influenced by Becker. Both are presented as the annual addresses of the university president to the general faculty meeting in May of the year 2000. The study reveals that the faculty senators agree that 73.7% of the Target 2000 Project recommendations will take place. There is much less agreement, however, when the individual categories are considered. In the category of Organization and Management, the faculty senators determined that only 52.4% of the recommendations would occur; in Endowments and Financial resources, only 40.0%; and in Facilities and Equipment, only 37.5%. The findings indicate a possible distrust for administrators and a cynicism about the University's ability to change in areas important to the faculty. Further studies might possibly reveal the reason for these differences. A history of Texas A&M University is included in order to explain the basis for the Target 2000 Project, as is a complete review of Target 2000 Project recommendations. Also included is a review of the various methods used in the study of the future. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Educational Administration." Typescript (photocopy). Vita. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 215 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-185). |