"We Abhor Retaliation But Expect Loyalty to Our Decisions" -- Techniques that Undermine University Shared Governance, the Honorable Mentions and the Deeper Issues they Reveal

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have posted thought on my list of the top ten techniques that administrations currently have deployed to un...

"You Don't Have the Authority": Counting Down the Top Ten Techniques that Undermine University Shared Governance

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) It is well understood by now that the societal context in which issues of shared governance are discussed, an...

From Scholars at Risk; "Free to Think: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project"

  ( Cover, Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, Free to Think (June 2015)) It is true enough that the attacks, especially ...

New Paper Posted: Backer and Haddad "Philanthropy and the Character of the Public Research University—The Intersections of Private Giving, Institutional Autonomy, and Shared Governance"

  (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)   I have been considering issues of shared governance at the university for some time (e.g., here , here , ...