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he future of higher education in the Midwest will be determined by a host of factors, the predominant of which will be funding. Changes in revenue sources over the last decade

Having drawn some brief historical lines for our research, we suggest that significant differences exist between American Indian and western approaches to, and perspectives on, leadership, and we illustrate some of these differences drawing particularly upon Indian educational leadership. American Indian leadership was often interpreted by non-indigenous observers as an inability to lead rather than a different ability to lead. Western models are often rooted in positional approaches, despite their assertions to the contrary, whereas Indian models are more concerned with persuasive techniques, and while western approaches are almost always individual in form, American Indian models are more concerned with how different forms of leadership in different circumstances can serve the community rather than enhance the reward and reputation of their individual embodiment. We illustrate this with a model of American Indian leadership that exposes the differences by concentrating upon the methods through which persuasion works, especially the different deployment of the written or spoken word.

Abstract Information technology (IT) and systems have become the backbone of almost every organization. So, good IT audits are essential to ensure proper controls, security, and efficient functioning. But it's not easy to implement an IT audit strategy that justifies its cost and promotes effective use of your information systems! What are the keys to doing that? The author of this article has some answers. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Last year at this meeting, Chancellor Hemenway shared that when he spoke with legislators about research, his guiding principle was: "All research is applied." While some scientists might have seen this as a slight to basic research, it was simply the observation of an experienced educator who recognizes that effective instruction typically builds on a meaningful context for the learner. Legislators, and the public at large, need a context

This study replicated and extended research by Conrad and Blackburn on program quality in regional universities. The sample doubled the number of departments, increased the number of institutions and programs, and added an additional state, for a total of three states in this study. The same general variables emerged as the strongest predictors, but strengths were lower. When “state” did not load in the regression analysis, the inference was that generalizability is warranted.