Movement for a Free Academia—literature database
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Missé, B., & Martel, J. (2024). For democratic governance of universities: The case for administrative abolition. Theory & Event, 27(1), 5–29. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (05/04/2024, 20:50) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published DOI: 10.1353/tae.2024.a917791 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 2572-6633 / 1092-311X BibTeX citation key: Misse2024 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Managers Keywords: Administrivia, Management Creators: Martel, Missé Publisher: John Hopkins University Press (Baltimore) Collection: Theory & Event |
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"In this essay, we argue for administrative abolition, that is, the elimination of all college presidents, provosts, deans and other top level administrators who we argue form a parasitical group that was developed over time in order to exercise both political and financial control over faculty, staff and students. We examine the way that the idea of "shared governance" disguises the de facto dictatorship of administration over faculty self-governance, explore the history of how this power grab took place and furthermore explore alternative forms of faculty self-management in both US history and abroad (especially in Latin America)."
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