Not Just Figureheads: Trustees as Microfoundations of Higher Education Institutions

Autor/inn/en	Barringer, Sondra N.; Riffe, Karley A.
Titel	Not Just Figureheads: Trustees as Microfoundations of Higher Education Institutions
Quelle	In: Innovative Higher Education, 43 (2018) 3, S.155-170 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-5627
DOI	10.1007/s10755-018-9422-6
Schlagwörter	Trustees; Social Networks; Comparative Analysis; Case Studies; Private Colleges; Role; Interaction; School Policy; Institutional Administration; Influences; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Treuhandanstalt; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Privathochschule; Rollen; Interaktion; Schulpolitik; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Despite the importance of trustees for higher education institutions, few studies address how they influence the institutions they steward. To address this gap, we used a social network approach within a comparative case study design to evaluate how trustees interacted with two private, elite universities: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While trustees interacted with these institutions in differing ways, results indicated that some of them significantly influenced institutional behaviors, structures, and policies. This suggests that the role of trustees should be re-conceptualized to reflect their ability to influence higher education institutions, making them a fundamental part of the microfoundations of these institutions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01