Practicing Mass Democracy at Penn State: The New Populist-Technocratic Model of University Governance, Socialization, Stakeholder Management and Benefits

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) Few people really like to think about the structural bones of governing an institution.  It is a lot like t...

Do University Administrators Have an Ethical Obligation in Developing and Defending Decisions on Benefits?

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) The first decades of the 21st century has seen the rise of ethics as an important tool for university gover...

AAUP Reports on Mass Faculty Dismissals at the University of Southern Maine and on Felician College

(Pix (c) Larry Catá  Bcaker 2015) From a recent AAUP Press Release Last month the AAUP released the reports of investigations of alleged vio...

The Rise of University Data Mining and Analysis Oligarchies--From Transparency to Confidentiality Regimes in University Operations and the Issue of Salary Information

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have been considering the management of data as a source of power in the relations between university fac...

The AAUP Report on the Salaita Affair--Speech Rights or a Contest Over the Faculty Appointment Power Within Universities?

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have been considering social media policies (See here , here, here , here , and here ).  I have also bee...