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Universities and the decline of the ideological gentleman's club.(Editorial)(Editorial)
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES seem to be becoming ungovernable. The premature departure from the University of NSW of its Vice-Chancellor, Rory Hume, is just the latest manifestation of this, remarkable only because it follows so closely on the departure of his predecessor, John Niland. In both cases the impetus came not from external financial pressures or from internal mismanagement, but from politicking in the university's council. A parallel case is the shabby ousting of Dame Leonie Kramer from the Chancellorship of Sydney University in 2001.
Part of the problem of university councils (or senates) is the fact that with few exceptions they are composed not of the ...
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News December 2, 2009 700+ words
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 20, 2009 700+ words
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...FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE establishment of the New School as a university in exile requires from us, first of all, to reflect on the...remarkable story of the creation of the European Humanities University in Minsk, Belarus, and through the analysis of this case...
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 17, 2009 700+ words
...GRAND FORKS, N.D., Nov. 16 -- University of North Dakota issued the following...UND ExtravaBANDza! will showcase the University Band, as well as the "Pride of the...citizens, or $12 per family. The University Band, under the direction of Dr. James...
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