In the wake of the ouster of UVA president Teresa Sulllivan by the university's Board of Visitors, there has been a lot of reflection on the state of shared governance. There has also been discussion about the trend of college and university governing boards applying the ideology and practices of business management to the running of academic institutions.
The AAUP, at its recent meeting, authorized a governance investigation of the University of Virginia over the Sullivan case, expressing "deep concern" over the board's actions. AAUP currently has six colleges and universities on its "Sanctioned Institutions" list, and is planning workshops on shared governance in the fall.
In a related essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, William Keep, dean of the School of Business at the College of New Jersey, worries about the "short term orientation" of business discipline as applied to higher education.
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