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Professors say there are two main models of university governance??a top-down model in which a university is run much like a corporation, and a more collegial model in which the FAS has a greater leadership role...
...equally predicated on the principle of self-governance, the idea that we the citizenry can and should ultimately be calling the shots. But for all the rhetoric about patriotism in this country, too few citizens are equipped to engage in that single most basic act of self-governance??voting...
...very important that the governance??the ultimate decision making—is equally split,” Altshuler said. “We want to equally represent Harvard and MIT, so that everyone feels truly welcome, but no one’s counting numbers...
Indeed, Phase Two will resemble neither democracy nor self-governance??at least for a while. The Bush administration plans to immediately install Retired U.S. Army Gen. Jay Garner as “interim transitional civil administrator” for an undisclosed and indefinite length of time, and in the interim he will continue to report to U.S. Central Command. Garner will play a variety of temporary roles—coordinating humanitarian efforts, making sure the oil wells begin pumping again and ferreting out hidden Republican Guard fighters. But it is unclear what role he will play...
...this country. Such privilege is intricately tied to racial, gender and class inequalities. It’s not surprising, then, that the Corporation has included only one person of color and two female members in its entire history. For Harvard to replicate this skewed system of power in its governance??despite its claims to promote diversity on campus—serves only to further such unjust distributions of privilege even beyond Harvard...