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When power corrupts
academic governing boards in the shadow of the Adelphi case
By Lewis, Lionel S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-76580-031-2
- Publisher
- New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2000
This case study details the struggle of Adelphi University's administration and board of trustees with its faculty between 1985 and 1996, which culminated in the removal of the trustees by the New York State Board of Regents. The new trustees, appointed by New York State, then dismissed the president. What occurred at Adelphi is used as a backdrop for discussing the imbalance of power in American institutions of higher learning. Lewis (sociolo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
