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Abstract: This article attempts to assess some of the internal effects of external conditions in higher education. However gross the simplification, it can be said that external conditions in higher education mean that we have fallen on hard times. What we have is a sow's ear. And the best institutional management we could muster will not raise salaries, replenish supplies, replace old equipment, or repair buildings. If really great internal management will not make us a silk purse, what can we do? As a means of describing some things that can be done, consider several false correlates: (1) inherent merit and rational decisions, (2) growth and change, (3) relativity and responsiveness, and (4) tough decisions and participation.

Abstract: Three principles of general systems theory are presented, and systems theory is distinguished from systems analyiss. The principles help explain some recent trends in higher education and have implications for higher education administration. The purpose of this article is to expand the utilization, and to stimulate the development, of general systems theory in higher education.

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Abstract: An address to California State University, Dominguez Hills.

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