Retaliatory Governance and the University: Considering Hypothetical Questions on the Discretionary Authority of Deans and their Effects

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) To what extent do unit administrators contribute to rising cultures of retaliation in the contemporary public...

"Now THIS is Shared Governance"; "NOW this is shared Governance"; "Now this IS Shared Governance": Embedding Faculty Within the Bureaucratic Machinery of Authoritarian Regimes

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) The American university has changed.  A combination of (1) de-professionalization (in the form of dis aggrega...

The Shape of Engagement in University Governance--The AAUP Reports on the Search for the President of the University of Iowa

  (Pix © 2015 Larry Catá Backer) On December 10, 2015 the AAUP released its report of its review of the 2015 University of Iowa presidential...