When power corrupts : academic governing boards in the shadow of the Adelphi case / Lionel S. Lewis.
When power corrupts : academic governing boards in the shadow of the Adelphi case / Lionel S. Lewis.
When power corrupts : academic governing boards in the shadow of the Adelphi case / Lionel S. Lewis.
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New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, c2000.
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N378.74724/1
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English
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x, 195 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The President and His Board I: The Selection Process -- 3. The President and His Board II: Mutual and Unqualified Faith -- 4. Lay Boards -- 5. The Work of the Academic Governing Board -- 6. The Diamandopoulos Years at Adelphi -- 7. The Counterattack: Defending the Board and Pre...
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New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, c2000.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2000.
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"It is often said that the American academic, protected by tenure, is free to do pretty much as he or she pleases. Lewis argues that this freedom is largely an illusion. Faculty actions are greatly limited by governing boards and the academic administrators they appoint, who control institutional resources. Although ostensibly independent professio...
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When power corrupts : academic governing boards in the shadow of the Adelphi case / Lionel S. Lewis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2000.
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N378.74724/1
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74VvNNGqVVx3
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0765800314 :
9780765800312
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378.747245
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991012986629702626
