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The latent organizational functions of the academic senate: Why senates do not work but will not go away
Author(s) -
Birnbaum Robert
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.36919917503
Subject(s) - higher education , work (physics) , corporate governance , component (thermodynamics) , political science , public administration , public relations , psychology , sociology , management , economics , law , mechanical engineering , engineering , physics , thermodynamics
Academic senates are criticized as ineffective, yet they remain a central component of governance on most compuses. Why do senates persist if they don't appear to work?