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When Power Corrupts - Academic Governing Boards in the Shadow of the Adelphi Case (Paperback)
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When Power Corrupts - Academic Governing Boards in the Shadow of the Adelphi Case (Paperback)
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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 professionals, in many ways faculty have no more
autonomy than most employees. Indeed, what power they have derives
from faculty-student relationships. Lay governing boards ultimately
control how money is spent and who spends it. This volume addresses
issues relating to current debates over the most appropriate and
effective method of academic governance. When Power Corrupts
details the conflict between the governing board and administration
and faculty at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, between
1985 and 1996. This conflict culminated in the removal of the Board
of Trustees by the New York State Board of Regents. The new
trustees in turn removed the president. Although the book focuses
on board administration-faculty relations at one university, its
findings have implications for almost all other institutions of
higher learning in the United States. Lewis draws on the nearly
8,000-page transcript of the hearings of the Regents. These eleven
volumes of exhibits include hundreds of documents obtained from
individuals and organizations. Lewis suggests that academic
administrators have more control of governing boards than is
generally recognized. Besides influencing who is asked to join a
board, administrators may largely determine the information boards
receive and on which they must make decisions. When faced with
decisions, boards often defer to academic administrators or
acquiesce to a campus president's suggestions. Because conflict
over governance all too often takes precedence over academic work
on American campuses, the implications for higher learning are
profound. Faculty, academic administrators, members of governing
boards, college students and their parents, and general readers
concerned about problems relating to American higher education will
find this book provocative and informative. Lionel S. Lewis is
professor emeritus of sociology and adjunct professor of higher
education at SUNY/Buffalo. He has written more than 150 research
articles, essays, and reviews. He is the author of Cold War on
Campus: A Study of the Politics of Organizational Control and The
Cold War and Academic Governance: The Lattimore Case at Johns
Hopkins.
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