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FACULTY PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE: AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES

ROBERT E. POTTER (Professor of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, was a visiting lecturer at the University of New England in 1978–79. He has also been a faculty member at the Universities of Illinois and Florida and has taught summer sessions at Ohio, Kansas, and Michigan State Universities)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 January 1983

172

Abstract

Written originally as a lecture for American students of tertiary educational administration, this essay traces the historical development of lay boards governing American universities and compares this with the current practice at an Australian university. The increasing influence of governmental bureaucracies in both countries is highlighted. The author, an American professor teaching as a visitor in Australia, takes a second look at the American policy of excluding faculty from governing boards. The presence of faculty members on the board could be a bulwark in the defense of academic freedom and institutional excellence.

Citation

POTTER, R.E. (1983), "FACULTY PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE: AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 52-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009868

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1983, MCB UP Limited

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