Trust and the Public Good

The Author: William G. Tierney is Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis at Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.

«The first person I sent this book to was my son who is just entering academic life. Everybody involved in academic life, faculty and staff and alumni, would profit enormously as well. It is the most original and important book on the culture and future of higher education that I've read.» (Warren Bennis, University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California)
«'Trust and the Public Good' is another major contribution by Bill Tierney, the country's most creative scholar on higher education. Tierney links theories of social capital and trust with the risk taking that must occur for institutions of higher education to respond to the major changes he identifies. The four case studies provide invaluable practical laboratories to demonstrate how Tierney's theory applies to reality.» (Neil Hamilton, Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions University of St. Thomas School of Law)
«Bill Tierney has thought deeply about the role of and need for trust in academic institutions. As social capital trust cannot be overvalued; as a condition for promoting the public good trust should never be underestimated. His book is a cautionary account of why faculty involvement in governance is crucial to building trust; and explains how tenure-track and tenured faculty sustain the bonds of trust that make shared governance work well in an academic community. He also reminds all of us in the academy why we must think creatively about earning and keeping the public's trust.» (Roger W. Bowen, General Secretary, American Association of University Professors, Former President of State University of New York at New Paltz (1996-2001))
«In 'Trust and the Public Good', Bill Tierney ponders the big questions about role of universities in contemporary society in relation to the lived lives of faculty and administrators. Using organizational culture as a lens for viewing trust in relation to community within