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Boston University - A Presidential Search Gone Wrong
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Boston University A Presidential Search Gone Wrong TABLE OF CONTENTS I Introduction History of the Presidential Search at Boston University II Accountability a) The Role of the President and Board of Trustees b) The Role of the Faculty III Interconnections A Look to the Future and Steps to Ensure Fair Searches III Conclusion Selected Bibliography INTRODUCTION Leadership is defined to a large part by the people affected who thus agree, share visions, interpret measures and participate directly or indirectly in leading an institution. Since every institution has a different structure, there is a limit to what can be known. Within academic institutions the "making" of a president is not a clear-cut process and the case of the presidential search at Boston University has brought up several issues concerning the role of the president and university trustees. The president of an academic institution rules under the concept of shared governance where the president is the administrative...
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