A Word in Favor of Trusting Trustees [microform] / James Tunstead Burtchaell
- Bib ID:
- 5257137
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Burtchaell, James Tunstead
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED092051
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 8 p.
- Summary:
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The most appropriate form of governance for higher education in the U.S. is by boards of trustees. The strong hand of governing boards has been felt and has caused some alarm. Faculty and students in search of academic power, who had previously thought that it was to be had at the price of endless ennui in campus committees, are claiming seats on the governing boards. The need for vigorous governing bodies resides within both public and private institutions alike. The board of trustees must also be independent of the academics as it is of the politicians. Governance must be exercised both within and without. Externally, the college or university accounts for itself to a group of lay trustees who hold it responsible for society's needs. It is also responsible to a group of peer institutions who grant it accreditation. Internal governance involves administration and faculty and generally in major matters requires ratification but not reconsideration by the trustees. Boards of trustees must be saved from becoming either instrumentalities of the State or appellate gatherings of the academy. (Author/PG)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Speech presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (Chicago, Illinois, July 1973).
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Speeches/Meeting Papers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1973
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