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Trustees are from Mars, and faculty are from Venus, if the Association of Governing Board's latest report is any indication. As both the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed report today, both groups supposedly display a lack of understanding of the others' roles in university affairs--adding yet another layer of confusion in the already murky business of shared governance. But is that all? ACTA president Anne D. Neal weighed in and found fault with the survey's methodology and the study's conclusions--particularly the fact that most of the survey's respondents were administrators rather than trustees. This unfortunately seems to reflect the common view that when it comes to university governance, administrators should be running the show at the expense of the board's authority. While education about all aspects of university governance and operations is crucial for trustees to be able to do their jobs well, their fiduciary role requires them to have the final word.
Posted by Sandra Diaz on January 25, 2010 at January 25, 2010 05:03 PM
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