A Communitarian Alternative to the Corporate Model

Autor/in	Mitchell, Jeff
Titel	A Communitarian Alternative to the Corporate Model
Quelle	In: Academe, 93 (2007) 6, S.48-51 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; Tenure; Academic Freedom; Governance; Organizational Culture + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Akademische Freiheit; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Unternehmenskultur
Abstract	Although American higher education has arguably been the setting for a number of different culture wars, the one now being waged goes to the very heart and soul of the university as an institution. Like most wars, it has usually involved two opposing camps. On one side of this conflict are the traditionalists, who see themselves as defending the hard-won faculty prerogatives of academic freedom, tenure, and shared governance. On the other side are the modernizers, who believe that higher education should be run more like a business in order to meet the challenges of a new era. In this culture war, the traditionalists are often portrayed as academic Luddites who are keen on turning back the clock and maintaining their privileges despite the sea change that higher education has undergone since 1945. The traditionalists often respond by making their stand on the basis of academic freedom, arguing that the erosion of tenure and shared governance will create a slippery slope that will ultimately result in the loss of freedom in teaching and research. Although academic freedom is certainly linked to tenure and shared governance, the author argues that its preservation may not constitute the best grounds for the traditionalists' conception of the university. In this article, the author argues for the adoption of a communitarian model of academic governance and suggests the communitarian alternative to the corporate model which calls for a careful readjustment of how those occupying different offices and roles in the university relate to one another. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10